noise pollution: standards and control

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• Noise pollution — A Boeing 747 400 passes close to houses shortly before landing at London Heathrow Airport Noise pollution is excessive, displeasing human, animal or machine created environmental noise that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life …   Wikipedia

• Noise regulation — includes statutes or guidelines relating to sound transmission established by national, state or provincial and municipal levels of government. After the watershed passage of the United States Noise Control Act of 1972,[1] other local and state… …   Wikipedia

• Noise mitigation — is a set of strategies to reduce noise pollution. The main areas of noise mitigation or abatement are: transportation noise control, architectural design, and occupational noise control. Roadway noise and aircraft noise are the most pervasive… …   Wikipedia

• Noise Free America — is a national, non profit organization aimed at reducing noise pollution in the community. The organization’s main target is noise from boom cars (vehicles with loud sound systems), leaf blowers, motorcycles, and car alarms.[1] Noise Free America …   Wikipedia

• Noise measurement — is carried out in various fields. In acoustics, it can be for the purpose of measuring environmental noise, or part of a test procedure using white noise, or some other specialised form of test signal. In electronics it relates to the sensitivity …   Wikipedia

• pollution — /peuh looh sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of polluting or the state of being polluted. 2. the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment: air pollution. [1350 1400; ME pollucioun ( < OF) < LL pollution , s. of pollutio… …   Universalium

• Noise Control Act — The Noise Pollution and Abatement Act of 1972 is a statute of the United States initiating a federal program of regulating noise pollution with the intent of protecting human health and minimizing annoyance of noise to the general public.[1] The… …   Wikipedia

• pollution — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ air, atmospheric, environmental, marine, river, water ▪ agricultural, chemical, industrial, toxic …   Collocations dictionary

• Noise dosimeter — A noise dosimeter (American) or noise dosemeter (British) is a specialized sound level meter intended specifically to measure the noise exposure of a person integrated over a period of time; usually to comply with Health and Safety regulations… …   Wikipedia

• Regulation and monitoring of pollution — To protect the environment from the adverse effects of pollution, many nations worldwide have enacted legislation to regulate various types of pollution as well as to mitigate the adverse effects of pollution. Regulation and monitoring by… …   Wikipedia

• Pollution de l'air — Les émissions de CO, de CO2, de soufre et de suies et particules liées à la combustion du charbon ont probablement été la première source de pollution majeure de l’air dès le début de l’ère industrielle. La pollution de l’air (ou « pollution …   Wikipédia en Français