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Noise Pollution: A Modern Plague
Goines, Lisa; Hagler, Louis
http://www.nonoise.org/library/smj/smj.htmYear Published: 2007 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX10476 Environmental noise pollution, a form of air pollution, is a threat to health and well-being. It is more severe and widespread than ever before, and it will continue to increase in magnitude and severity because of population growth, urbanization, and the associated growth in the use of increasingly powerful, varied, and highly mobile sources of noise. It will also continue to grow because of sustained growth in highway, rail, and air traffic, which remain major sources of environmental noise. The potential health effects of noise pollution are numerous, pervasive, persistent, and medically and socially significant. Subject Headings |