Noise Pollution

Longing For Silence And Solitude

Elizabeth Cunningham | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Silence, W. B. Yeats, Contemplative Practice, Solitude, Meditation Retreats, Noise Pollution, Meditation, The Lake Isle of Innisfree, Finding Solitude, Mindfulness Meditation, Urban Noise, Mindful Living News

In most places in our industrialized world it is impossible to be out of range of machine noise. I am homesick for a place that may not exist any longer.

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A Bubble Curtain To Protect Whales From Wind Farms?

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Baltic Sea, Noise Pollution, Wind Farm, Bubble Curtain, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation Study, Porpoises, Wind Farms and Conservation, Green Energy, Germany Wind Farms, Whales, Green News

Anti-wind power groups have made a lot of noise over wind turbines, but that hasn't stopped Germany from investing in more offshore wind power. Accord...

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Noise Pollution: A Health Hazard?

Michael Taft | Posted 09.23.2011

Read More: Noise Pollution, Healthy Living Health News, Noise Pollution and Stress, Effects of Noise on Concentration, Healthy Living Spirit, Dangers of Noise Pollution, Noise Pollution and Children, Mental Health, Noise Pollution and Health, Effects of Noise on Health, Stress and Noise Pollution, Unplug and Recharge, Healthy Living News

Evolution did not equip you to live in a world of constant noise. Your nervous system was engineered by natural selection for an environment of almost total quiet.

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Mysterious Night Noise Is Humdinger

Time | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: County Durham, Noise Pollution, Weird England, Woodland, Noise, Weird News News

Every night for the past two months the noise resembling the hum of a car engine has seemingly moved through the air, flooding the town of Woodland, E...

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Wind Power Noise Dispute On Tranquil Maine Island Intensifies

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 07.24.2011

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While thousands of wind power enthusiasts and industry representatives gather in Anaheim Calif. for Windpower 2011, the American Wind Power Associatio...

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Unplug And Recharge: Taking A Silence Siesta

Rev. Susan Sparks | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Noise Pollution, Silence, Unplug and Recharge, Muir Woods, Relationships, Health, Environment, National Park Service, Healthy Living News

Who knows? A little peace and quiet might bring a renewed sense of healing, growth and possibility in your life -- things, like those Spotted Owls, once believed lost.

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Sound Off (Quietly) About Noise Pollution

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Loud Noise, Noise Pollution, Noise Sensitivity, Making Noise, Green Living, Healthy Living News

I know I'm not the only one who's curmudgeonly about noise (and there's good science to back up dissenters like us!)

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Loud Workplaces May Increase Health Problems

AP | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Heart Problems, Workplace Health and Safety, Noise Pollution, Health, Health and Safety at Work, Effects of Noise Pollution, Noise, Healthy Living News

LONDON — What's bad for your ears may also be bad for your heart. According to a new study, people who work in noisy places for at least a year ...

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Soundcities Captures NYC's Noise

PSFK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Noise Pollution, Stanza, Soundcities, New York Noise, New York City, New York, Sound, New York News

London based artist, Stanza has created an interactive database called Soundcities containing thousands of sounds from cities across the world. Stanza...

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New York Spots That Need Earplugs

nypost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Noise Pollution, Hearing Conservation, Hear the World, New York Noisy Spots, New York City, New York, Noise, New York News

The subway station beneath Bryant Park is one of the noisiest public places in the city, according to a new survey. The runner up is a bus station on ...

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Cellphone App To Map Noise Pollution

New Scientist | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nicolas Maisonneuve of the Sony Computer Science Laboratory in Paris, France, says that those maps are not an accurate reflection of residents' exposu...

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Symphony of Sirens

Samantha Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Not even the Ramones turned up full-blast could drown out the sirens, car alarms, car horns, idling buses and trucks, traffic cop whistles and frenetic New Yorkers.

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Quiet, Please: How To Combat Noise Pollution

Guardian.co.uk | Rebecca Hardy | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Health, Men's Health, Noise Pollution, Personal Health, Health, Healthy Living News

John Stewart was living in south London six years ago when two things happened that seriously affected his health. "First the flight paths were change...

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How To Turn Down Noise Pollution

Ode Magazine | Ursula Sautter and Mary Desmond Pinkowish | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Quiet, Noise Pollution, Effects of Noise Pollution, Healthy Living News

A leaf blower, snow blower, lawn mower and two huge dogs--Peter D'Epiro can describe in excruciating detail how his neighbour's lawn equipment and pet...

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