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The issues surrounding noise in our environment are pervasive.  Noise is the subject of civil lawsuits, criminal charges and even websites such as www.noisefreetexas.org.  People believe passionately in their right to quiet enjoyment of their surroundings.  Conflict arises when one person’s sounds are another person’s noise.  While on the surface it would seem that such characterization would inherently be…

“Studies suggest that high intensity noise causes high blood pressure and increases heart beat rate as it disrupts the normal blood flow…” Read more about Understanding Noise Pollution. Click Here

In his book, James David Miller presents the relations between the properties of noise and its effects on people. “The auditory system is exquisitely sensitive to sound… Even for very loud sounds only a small amount of acoustical power actually reaches the body. Therefore, it is not surprising that noise has its most obvious effects…

Aggressive Noise Abatement efforts for communities close to airports http://www.massport.com/environment/environmental-reporting/noise-abatement/ “Due to the proximity of Logan to residential communities throughout the Greater Boston Metropolitan area, Massport has been continually working to minimize the impacts of noise on the surrounding neighbors since 1975. Logan was one of the first airports in the nation to install a…

The Impacts of Noise http://bancannons.tripod.com/impacts.html “What is noise? The best definition I found in my travels around the internet is that noise is unwanted sound . Some sites talk about noise simply in terms of decibel levels, but noise is more than that. It includes things like duration of the noise, frequency, time of day,…