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10 Public Information on Noise Control
Pages 131-136

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... The public outcry forced many quiet dishwashers are on the market, and, although authorities in New York to pressure both airplane manufac- there is no uniform system for labeling noise emissions from turers to reduce the noise of jet airplanes and the scientific appliances in the United States, in some cases a noise emiscommunity to find a better way of measuring human reaction sion label is placed on products. to noise (Beranek, 2008)
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From page 132...
... The Fight for Quiet is Current Efforts believed to have greatly influenced public policy, especially the passage of the Noise Control Act of 1972 and a decade Although EPA currently has broad authority from Conof EPA involvement in noise issues. Robert Alex Baron, a gress to develop and disseminate information on noise to the former theater manager and head of New York Citizens for public, the agency's current program might be described as a Quieter City, wrote The Tyranny of Noise in 1970, a book "extremely modest." However, a few others have taken up intended to inform the public about noise issues, including the task.
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From page 133...
... that an effective noise for local authorities, housing providers, mediation services, information campaign will require a variety of messages for and all those involved in neighborhood noise management to specific target audiences and a continuous stream of mespublicize information about services available and promote sages that highlight advances in noise reduction. practical solutions.
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From page 134...
... The U.S. Code requires that Recommendation 10-2: Engineering professional societies EPA "develop and disseminate information and educational materials to all segments of the public on the public health such as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauand other effects of noise and the most effective means for tics, the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Amernoise control, through the use of materials for school curri - ican Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning cula, volunteer organizations, radio and television programs, Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers, and Institute publication, and other means." At this time, however, EPA of Noise Control Engineering of the USA should develop does not have the internal resources to create a large public engineering information on noise control to help the public information program, and it is likely that much of the effort understand techniques for reducing noise emissions.
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From page 135...
... 2005. Housing Summary for the United States, Sec ternational Congress on Noise Control Engineering, August 29, 2007.
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