Study of 6,000 workers finds loud environments linked to cardiac disease
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from:msnbc.comNoisy jobs may triple the risk of heart problems
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And you don't even have to pay me to tell you that it may not increase the risk.
If it really does.....wear protective gear.
If you need to wear protective gear, perhaps you shouldn't be doing it.
Welders are at a high risk for more than just heart problems; they also breathe toxic fumes.
And there are full protective suits for welders that are even supplemented with cold air for hot conditions.
But that's beside the point. The protective gear I am referring to is ear plugs......Pretty cheap.
Wear protective gear, easier said than done especially in a combat zone! The one industry that they did not mention was Aviation I wonder why?
poor poor peps in the military. like any other Job they voluntered just like i did.....quit crying
Who's complaining, just making a smug remark to the article.
I believe the study! Loud noises creates an uneasy environment. Although rockers withstand it ok!
Take Keith Richards and Ozzie for example...
Key word is "may".
You sure it wasn't "Jobs"?
I'm doomed. Just a quiet, peaceful death is all I expect from a lifetime of industrial labor; the rich have made sure that retirement was a generation ago, and not for us. At least it's still legal to smoke. Takes the tension out of working in noisy environments.
And before some do-gooder tells me it's bad to smoke, have I got some filthy confined spaces for you to work in, if you can handle the physical strain. Health risks from smoking are among the least of my worries. I hope I make it to 60.
it's true my job as a husband has been the loudest job I have ever had my wife yells all the time
Be a better husband...
not to mention the fact that such environments are very damaging to one's hearing. a study some years ago revealed that the majority (i can't quote the exact statistics) of symphony musicians exhibited significant hearing loss as they approached retirement age. ironic.
Anybody who thinks classical music (or jazz for that matter) isn't tough on your ears has never sat in front of a full brass section.
WHAT!!
I find the increased volume on TV commercials to be more annoying than my 25 years on a jackhammer.
I find heart problems annoying! More so with the new "improved" medical package we all get to deal with...
I had two Heart attacks by the time I was 53. I have worked as a welder and iron-worker for over 30 years. Wonder if they are talking about me?
If you wore ear pluggs, no. If you didn't than yes. That's my guess anyways... what was your diet like before age 53? They may do another story on you again soon!
Duh, if they have to yell to have a conversation, then they aren't wearing their hearing protection. Maybe plugging their ears is causing constriction of blood vessels that cuts off circulation to the brain, which in turn cripples the heart. This seems like silly science.
What makes you think that putting muffs on your ears protects the heart? It isn't necessarily the sound pressure on the ear drum that causes the association with heart risk. My uneducated guess is that it would it either be from emotional stress or micropressures affecting the heart organ itself.
What makes us think that noise injures the heart? I find the whole thing to be somewhat questionable. Maybe it's sound vibrations on the whole body. If that's the case, we better throw away our cell phones and telephones.
I was a professional welder for 10 years until I learned that the trade no longer commands the wage and respect it deserves. I found that many other jobs pay just as much or more and you don't have to breath smoke, get burned, etc...
This explains why I want to kill myself when my wife won't stop talking!
What's she saying?
What a bunch of mallarkey
I can fall asleep in a MRI tube.