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Light and Noise Pollution
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Light pollution is the wasted light from streetlights and other sources that is created by humans, which lights up the night sky unnecessarily and can disrupt ecosystems and obscure the stars at night. Noise pollution is any unwanted man-made noise that penetrates the environment and is irritating and potentially harmful to humans and animals, such as traffic noise or noise from heavy machinery.
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sky glow, illumination, safety, light, loss of contrast, artificial light, direct light intrusion, upwards spill, photopollution, luminous pollution, ecosystem impacts, noise, potentially physically harmful, distracting ambient sound, high intensity sound, hearing impairment, irritating noise, road traffic, aircraft, unwanted man-made sound, persistence, recurrence, interference, energy pollution
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Flag comment for removal DougGrinbergs 6 months ago
April 16, 2008: 13th International Noise Awareness Day http://www.lhh.org/noise/ - make noise about the noise - with city council, town board, county commissioners, state legislators, congressmen and senators, transportation agencies, and wherever else we can.
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I once lived in a neighbourhood with poor 'acoustic ecology'. It was borderd by major roads and emergency services. I definitely am aware of the difference where I currently live. Now if only I could see the stars more clearly . . .
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Doug, I cant promise anything soon, but the reasoning behind separating light and noise pollution has been noted and makes sense to me. There are plans underway to change the overall taxonomy and I think your request will be integrated as well.
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Still waiting for light and noise pollution to be properly separated. Sigh.
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As I've said elsewhere, while there are analogs, noise pollution and light pollution are *very* different issues. I urge the administrators to create separate areas for each. An automated mechanism (a "split focus area" script) to help move existing organisations, users and events to the appropriate areas might be helpful, especially a generic one that could be used for other similar tasks in the future.
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