Directory of Noise Pollution Resources

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This category contains websites related to all forms of noise considered pollution.

Subcategories

• Aviation Related
• Mailing Lists
• Noise Law

Resources in This Category

• Alaska Quiet Rights Coalition

  http://www.alaskaquietrights.org/
  Dedicated to protecting the rights of Alaskans to quiet places for the benefit of public land users, private property owners, and visitors.

• Citizens Against Noise (C.A.N.)

  http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Citizens_Against_Noise/info
  Militant movement in Los Angeles fighting noise of all kinds.

• Farm Noise and Hearing Project

  http://www.farmnoise.on.net/
  South Australian network of farmers and health professionals promoting hearing conservation in rural communities.

• GrowNYC's Noise Abatement Committee

  http://www.grownyc.org/noise
  New York City non-profit organization offering assistance to anti-noise groups in the United States and abroad.

• Hearing Damage and Loud Music

  http://www.abelard.org/hear/hear.php
  On the relationship between loud noise and ear damage, with particular reference to young people and loud music.

• Honku: Haiku about Traffic Noise

  http://www.honku.org/
  An international movement grown from one man's therapeutic exercise to alleviate the pain and suffering caused by too many honking vehicles outside his apartment window in Brooklyn, New York.

• International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise

  http://www.icben.org/
  Sponsoring international congresses every 5 years since 1968, this organization's members are recognized as the leading authorities on the subject of noise and health.

• Loud Car Stereos

  http://www.popcenter.org/Problems/problem-car-stereos.htm
  Bulletin from the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing.

• Noise & Health

  http://www.noiseandhealth.org/
  An inter-disciplinary international journal devoted to research on all aspects of noise and its effects on human health.

• Noise Abatement Society

  http://www.noiseabatementsociety.com/
  Promotes ways to combat antisocial noise. The Society's annual John Connell Awards recognize local initiatives to address noise complaints.

• Noise and the Noise Control Act

  http://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-history-noise-and-noise-control-act
  US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) documents concerning federal noise control.

• Noise and Traffic

  http://rigolett.home.xs4all.nl/ENGELS/
  Information on effects of noise on people, noise regulations and standards, and control of noise production by vehicles and machinery.

• Noise Center at the Center for Hearing and Communication

  http://lhh.org/noise/
  A not-for-profit organization promoting hearing conservation and noise awareness through education, advocacy and outreach.

• Noise Free America

  http://www.noisefree.org/
  NFA's monthly "Dirty Dozen" awards spotlight worst noise polluters.

• Noise Help

  http://www.noisehelp.com/
  Practical information and a variety of approaches for dealing with everyday noise problems.

• Noise nuisances: how councils deal with complaints (UK DEFRA)

  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/noise-nuisances-how-councils-deal-with-complaints
  How UK councils deal with complaints about noise at night, intruder alarms, construction noise, and loudspeakers in the street.

• Noise Pollution Clearinghouse

  http://www.nonoise.org/
  An information resource with online database. Campaigns on specific noise issues and distributes "Quiet Zone" newsletter. Offers CD demonstrating worst noise offenders. Often quoted by major media.

• Noise/News International

  http://www.noisenewsinternational.net/
  Noise Control Engineering information and activities worldwide. Includes quarterly magazine, member societies, technical reports, and announcements of meetings and conferences.

• NoiseNet.org

  http://www.noisenet.org/
  Mainly a business directory, but also a source of good information.

• NoiseOFF

  http://www.noiseoff.org/
  Coalition of world citizens combating the urban blight of unwanted human-created sound that is annoying, distracting, painful, or physically harmful.

• Noisy Neighbours

  http://www.noisyneighbours.net/
  Describes solutions for noisy neighbours: What can be done, how to deal with the situation and what the law says in the UK. Includes discussion forum.

• Noisy Planet

  http://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/
  Education campaign of the US National Institutes of Health to increase awareness among parents about causes and prevention of noise-induced hearing loss; encourages children to adopt healthy hearing habits.

• Pipedown

  http://www.pipedown.info/
  Campaigns in Britain and internationally against piped music in public places.

• Quiet Corners

  http://www.quietcorners.org.uk/
  Reviews of places without piped music. Includes restaurants, pubs, hotels, and places to relax, shop, and meet. Reviews submitted by members of the UK-based Pipedown campaign.

• Quiet Use Coalition

  http://www.quietuse.org/
  Quiet use of wilderness areas is presented as a normal use and argues against enabling gas engine, motorized machines in the quiet, national forests in U.S.

• Right to Quiet Society

  http://www.quiet.org/
  Vancouver (British Columbia) nonprofit society for soundscape awareness and protection, working to raise awareness of the value, benefits, and difficulties in obtaining quiet.

• Rutgers Noise Technical Assistance Center

  http://www.envsci.rutgers.edu/org/rntac/index.html
  Providing training in sound level measurement for enforcement of municipal noise codes, the center has been providing assistance for over 35 years.

• Scientific Interdisciplinary Ecology and Noise Committee

  http://www.fceia.unr.edu.ar/acustica/comite/index.htm
  Argentina group promoting public noise awareness and advising citizens and city officials on noise problems.

• Stress and Noise

  http://www.fi.edu/brain/stress.htm#stressnoise
  Franklin Institute Report.

• The EU Policy on Environmental Noise

  http://ec.europa.eu/environment/noise/index_en.htm
  European Commission policy and directive on noise reduction. Includes links to full text of key papers.

• The Noise Consultancy, LLC

  http://www.noiseconsultancy.com/
  Noise consulting services to municipalities, industry and impacted residents, including: sound studies; ordinance development; enforcement issues; acoustical modeling; planning and zoning; impact statements; private and public nuisance advocacy.

• UK Legislation - Noise Act 1996

  http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/37/contents
  Full text of UK act regarding noise emitted from dwellings at night.

• UK Noise Association

  http://www.ukna.org.uk/
  UK voluntary non-charitable campaigning organisation that also carries out research and produces publications.

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