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PNP

Globe article: Noise report-cards for Boston neighborhoods

June 22, 2026August 6, 2019 by PNP

Noise Report Cards for Boston Neighborhoods By Kevin Hartnett (Boston Globe, Oct. 23, 2016) — Noise is an inconvenience of city living. Could it also hurt your health? Erica Walker, a doctoral student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, set out to help answer that question. For a year, she measured noise … Read more

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Noise News

Federal judge rules EPA can’t simply ignore noise pollution

NY Times: “Is Rhode Island’s Capital Too Loud?” [spoiler]

View graphs of Community Noise Survey data

“Noise is inevitable in a big city; harmful noise is not”

NY Times: “Noise Can Take Years Off Your Life”

“Noise pollution is worst in poor / minority neighbor-hoods in segregated cities”

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