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mechanization hasbeen accompanied by more noise.As weenter an era in which \"better\"means im-proved quality instead of bigger andfaster,control of environmental noise willbecome increasingly important.  \nNoise is one of the most ubiquitousforms of pollution,often erroneously re-garded as another side effect of civiliza-tion that we get used to.In fact,our earsand well-being pay a price when noise ispresent.For proper sleep,obtrusive noisesmust be held to a low level.Moderatenoise levels can interfere with speech,compromise privacy and affect our mood.At high levels noise can cause permanenthearing damage.  \nTraditionally noise has been defined asunwanted sound.For noise control this istoo subjective to be useful as an opera-tional definition.Beautiful music is oftenin the ear of the listener and one person'ssound can become another person's noise.  \nThe factors that determine when soundbecomes noise are volume,frequency,time variation,context and message.Thevolume,usually measured in decibels,de-termines the loudness of the sound.Asthe number of decibels increases,thereis some point at which sound turns intonoise.The loudness and annoyance of asound also depends upon the frequencycontent.We tend to judge higher frequen-cies to be noisier.Pure tones are alsonoisier than multi-frequency sounds ofsimilar sound power.  \nThe A-weighted decibel scale of asound level meter takes into account boththe volume and the frequency of thesound.Measurements taken in dB(A)units approximate how the human earwould rate the noisiness of a sound.Thethreshold of hearing for a pair of goodears is around zero decibels.On the otherend of the scale,100 dB(A)is a very loudsound,though many machines producenoise levels in excess of 100 dB(A).  \nThe time variation relates to how oftenthe sound occurs and whether it occurs  \n# Pollution in Your Ear\n\nby Fred G.Haag  \nat night or only during the day.The con-text of a sound is difficult to quantify.Forexample,an unmuffled automobile may beappropriate at a stock car race,but out ofcontext on a road near a hospital it be-comes a noise source.  \nThe message contained in a sound sanother subjective consideration.Unlikemost other pollutants,noise involves aprimary input to our senses,it often tellsus something.In England,during WorldWar II,RAF aircraft were not considerednoisy when they flew over English homesbecause of the message of safety thatthey carried.On the other hand,air-planes flying over homes near present dayairports may remind the residents of thepossibility of a crash and because of thisalone they may be considered very noisy.  \nWhat are the causes of noise pollu-tion?There are several causes.One isthe increasing use of power machinery.Another is the trend to suburban livingwhich in turn causes increasing car andtruck usage.Also,as noted long ago byJames Watt,to some noise is erroneouslysuggestive of power.Many of our currentproblems with hot rod automobiles,rau-cous lawn mowers and whining vacuumcleaners are caused by equating noisewith power.  \nAnother reason for increasing noisepollution has been the lack of incentivefor manufacturers to design and producequieter products.In the past,consumershave not demanded quieter products.For-tunately this is beginning to change,somemanufacturers now are promoting theirproducts on the basis of low noise.TheFederal Noise Control Act of 1972 willeventually have a considerable impactsince the Federal EPA will set noise emis-sion standards for products and requirelabeling of the noise emission character-istics of new products.  \nIn New York State,Chapter 709 of theLaws of 1971 added noise to the list ofair contaminants.With this authority,theDepartment has established a Bureau ofNoise Control which is fostering programsto control environmental noise pollution.  \nAircraft are a major contributor to envi-ronmental noise,particularly around jetairports.Unfortunately the 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