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Noise Pollution  
|    |   English Spanish Both > Change text size: Noise Pollution Updated: March 26, 2008 • Nemours Foundation • NOAH • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health • CDC • American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.noah-health.org/en/environemental/topics/noise.html
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Noise Pollution  
• Canadian Hearing Society (also in ) • Researched by NOAH Contributing Editor: NOAH Team > > > Noise Pollution | | | | | | | DISCLAIMER: NOAH is an information guide only and cannot answer personal health-related or research questions. NOAH's information has been selected from a variety...
http://www.noah-health.org/en/environemental/topics/noise.html
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Evaluation of noise pollution in urban parks.  
2006 Jul - Environmental monitoring and assessment
Zannin PH, Ferreira AM, Szeremetta B
Laboratório de Acústica Ambiental, Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Centro Politécnico, Bairro Jardim das Américas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CEP: 81531-990, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. zannin@demec.ufpr.br
The present study provides an evaluation of noise pollution in six Urban Parks located in the city of Curitiba, Brazil. Equivalent noise levels (L(eq)) were measured in 303 points (each point measured during 3 min) spread throughout the Parks. Measured values were confronted with local...
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Road Accidents, Air  Pollution and Noise Polluti  
Press Release WHO/57 31 July 1998 AVERTING THE THREE OUTRIDERS OF THE TRANSPORT APOCALYPSE: ROAD ACCIDENTS, AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION Scientists attending the European Forum on Transport, Environment and Health jointly organized by the European Regional Office of the World Health Organization...
http://who.int/inf-pr-1998/en/pr98-57.html
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Is There No Escape From Noise Pollution? - New Yo  
Is There No Escape From Noise Pollution? Published: August 17, 1996 To the Editor: Perhaps Bill Mulcahy (news article, Aug. 15) ought to have consulted a map before he decided to live near a major airport. The jet age did begin nearly 40 years ago. The needs of millions of New Yorkers...
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Is There No Escape From Noise Pollution? - New Yo  
Is There No Escape From Noise Pollution? Published: August 17, 1996 To the Editor: Bill Mulcahy, co-founder of Sane Aviation for Everyone, is right in not moving to avoid the excruciating noise he endures from Kennedy International Airport (news article, Aug. 15). In this overly technologized...
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Noise Pollution - New York Times  
Noise Pollution Published: September 13, 1992 To the Editor: In the mid- to late-70's, Alex Baron organized a group he called For a Quieter City. It unfortunately disbanded after his death a few years later.
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Peer Blog » Military Aircraft Noise Pollution  
• Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is a service organization assisting federal and state public employees. • PEER allows public servants to work as "anonymous activists" so that agencies must confront the message, rather than the messenger.
http://www.peer.org/wordpress/?p=129
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NRDC: Harboring Pollution: The Dirty Truth about U.S  
35. The Humane Society of the United States (2003). Noise Pollution and Acoustic Harassment. Available online at: www.hsus.org/ace/12609. Last visited on Jun 30, 2003. 36. International Navigation Association (1999). Environmental management framework for ports and related industries,...
http://www.nrdc.org/air/pollution/ports1/overview.asp
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NRDC: Harboring Pollution - Executive Summary  
... loud, ugly, and brightly lit at night. These impacts range from simple annoyances to serious negative health effects. For example, noise pollution has been linked to hearing impairment, hypertension (high blood pressure), sleep deprivation, reduced performance, and even aggressive behavior....
http://www.nrdc.org/air/pollution/ports/execsum.asp
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Noise in the ED.  
2005 May - The American journal of emergency medicine
Tijunelis MA, Fitzsullivan E, Henderson SO
Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
... CONCLUSIONS: When compared to EPA accepted noise levels for hospital (40 dB), the ED under study had excessive noise on a regular basis. There are easily identifiable sources of noise pollution in the ED. By identifying and modifying sources of noise, stress in the ED may be decreased.
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Noise in the ED.  
2005 May - The American journal of emergency medicine
Tijunelis MA, Fitzsullivan E, Henderson SO
Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
BACKGROUND: The impact of noise pollution on both the patient and the care provider has been extensively studied in the neonatal intensive care unit and in other critical care units. Noise pollution makes errors more probable and is one of the risk factors for provider burnout and negative...
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Consumer Reports Health - Children's health - Asthm  
|||||||  |    |    |   > > / Smoke and air pollution Asthma in children Asthma in children • News & safety alerts • Best Buy Drugs • Conditions & Treatments Choose from these common conditions Select a condition Absence seizures Acne ADHD Age-related macular degeneration AIDS Alzheimer's...
https://www.consumerreports.org/health/treatment-centers/childrens-h...
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ConsumerReports.org - Air pollution, alerts: Facts abo  
>  >  >  Health & fitness For complete access Get full access to Ratings and recommendations on appliances, cars & trucks, electronic gear, and much more.  today to ConsumerReports.org. August 2006 How to avoid bad air days Ozone, a major pollutant in urban smog, can worsen chronic lung...
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/health-fitness/health-care/air-p...
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ConsumerReports.org - Consumer Reports - Lawns a  
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http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/home-garden/resource-center/lawn-...
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Title IV | Clean Air Act | US EPA  
... Clean Air Act Amendments added a new title IV, relating to acid deposition control, without repealing the existing title IV, relating to noise pollution. The U.S. Code designates the (noise pollution) as subchapter IV and the new title IV (acid deposition control) as subchapter IV-A.   Local...
http://earth1.epa.gov/air/caa/title4.html
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Greenacres: Natural Landscaping for Public Officials -  
Reduced Air and Noise Pollution Lawn mowing equipment is a heavy air polluter and is noisy. Natural landscaping requires little or no mowing. Climatological Benefits Native plants store large amounts of carbon which would otherwise exist in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and contribute...
http://epa.gov/glnpo/greenacres/toolkit/app4-10.html
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Car Talk  
... mileage is because you've eliminated most of the "back pressure" from your exhaust system. In addition to protecting us from air pollution (converter) and noise pollution (muffler), those two devices also restrict your exhaust to a certain degree. And that decreases your mileage. It's the...
http://cars.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/2005/February/07.html
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Greenacres: Natural Landscaping for Public Officials -  
Natural landscaping minimizes the environmentally detrimental effects of pesticides and fertilizers, as well as the noise pollution, and the emission of air-polluting substances from lawn-maintenance equipment. It virtually eliminates the need to use water for irrigation as is required...
http://epa.gov/glnpo/greenacres/toolkit/chap1.html
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