4500 people on anti noise demo

People demonstrate against unhealthy noise

27/04/2013

According to the organizers, around 4,500 people demonstrated against noise in Mainz. The motto of the demonstration was called„Together against noise“.

About 4,500 people attended a demonstration against railway and aircraft noise in Mainz on Saturday. The demonstrators were whistling through the city center shouting slogans against noise. A spokesman says, „it was certainly not a quiet protest“. The demo, however, should only be a prelude to further action.

Noise makes you sick
Not only is noise annoying and annoying, it also contributes to various diseases. Researchers at the University of Bern have found out from a study that people who are exposed to heavy aircraft noise also have an increased heart attack risk. This was the sound of a demonstration at noon today „Action alliance traffic noise“ in Mainz. To the protests under the slogan „Together against noise“ Around 4,500 people came. Just as many had the organizers planned. According to the organizers, for the first time those affected by air and rail noise have joined forces. Various citizens' initiatives have announced themselves from the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, the Rheingau and the Bavarian Untermain.

„Day against noise“
The „Day against noise“ is the reason for the demonstration, to which the regional council of the Rhineland-Palatinate Greens also called. The „International Noise Awareness Day“ („Day against noise“) has been taking place every year since 1995. The activities around this day should raise awareness of noise as an environmental issue. This year he took place on April 24th. The pathogenic effect of noise has been proven by expert reports - but it is still being downplayed, underestimated or even ignored. (Sb)

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