According to recent data from the University of Michigan, about one-third of Americans are exposed to sound above the average levels considered safe. But standard metrics of loudness do not assess the full ...
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When Sound Becomes Noise
Erica Walker, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Brown University, discusses the negative health impacts of noise pollution
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