Comments on: More evidence that noise kills

By: Runways as white elephants (part 2) « thenextwave

Runways as white elephants (part 2) « thenextwave — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:02:05 +0000

[…] most serious emerging issue from the air industry’s perspective – is the increasing evidence of the serious effects on health of noise. The Heathrow proposals will increase the noise exposure […]

By: peoplepoweredmachines

peoplepoweredmachines — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:49:30 +0000

Thanks so much for keeping this issue alive! My latest noise rant/post is about power blowers, and gas mowers, and health.

http://peoplepoweredmachines.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/stop-the-noise-how-leaf-blowers-gas-mowers-and-snow-blowers-are-effecting-your-health/

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Study after study has found that community noise is interrupting our sleep, interfering with our children’s learning, suppressing our immune systems and even increasing our chances of having a heart attack. It also makes us unhappy and mean, reducing people’s inclination to help one another.

By: bammie21

bammie21 — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:09:25 +0000

Thank you for this article. We have been experiencing excruciating noise from a rock crusher put 250 yards from our home so we get direct and reverberation from it a minimum of 20 hours a day. Our retirement location has turned into a horrible nightmare.

By: Lance Winslow

Lance Winslow — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:21:08 +0000

Indeed, I can sense these things myself, and know it is an issue. A Harvard Study showed that truck drivers in the US sleeping in their trucks at truck stops had a much higher pulse rate during sleep and had increased percentages of heart disease and high-blood pressure, coupled to with the poor diet of truck stops and the CO2 environment, they are doomed. – Lance (Online Think Tank).