August
12, 2014
Daily
Pilot
Letter
to the Editor
Those of us who are affected by John Wayne
Airport's noise and air pollution thank Supervisor John Moorlach for his recent
critical comments regarding an Orange County Grand Jury report on the facility.
Moorlach rightfully stated, in the Orange
County Register, that the idea of extending a runway in a heavily populated
area showed "a naivete that is almost eye-rolling."
Moorlach is absolutely correct. The grand
jury report advocated ways for airport expansion, while ignoring the thousands
of residents who endure excessive noise and pollution from an airport that
should never have been designated for commercial use. It's exceedingly close to
homes, schools and parks, some mere blocks from a runway, making the airport
dangerous as well as overly intrusive.
Why did the grand jury report ignore
published scientific reports that detail the harmful effects of noise and air
pollution on a population? Planes overhead emit dangerous chemicals, including
particulates, which have proven to be particularly harmful to health.
Worse yet, they travel many miles through
the air, infecting unsuspecting people far from the original source. Everyone
should seriously question a report that excluded the harmful effects of John
Wayne Airport on people while advocating ideas for expansion.
Bonnie O'Neil, Newport Beach
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