Reports:
LOW FREQUENCY NOISE & ITS EFFECTS - May 2003:
British government report.
LEAF BLOWER & LAWN/GARDEN EQUIPMENT REPORT - July 2001:
Forty-five page report with recommendations to Toronto council. The report was relied on heavily as the new Toronto Noise Bylaw was being drafted.
NOISE & HEALTH - June 2001:
A follow-up report to the March 2000 Noise & Health report. More thorough.
NOISE & HEALTH - March 2000:
At NoiseWatch's request, the Toronto Public Health and Environmental Protection Office wrote a comprehensive Noise & Health report making recommendations for the City of Toronto to establish a public awareness campaign on noise for the city. The Toronto Board of Health adopted the recommendations from this report on May 1, 2000.
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT OF LARGE AIRPORTS - Sept. 1999:
Report of the Health Council of Netherlands
194 page report dealing with air, noise, soil and water pollution near large airports.
CITY NOISE - April 1997:
Report of the Urban Noise Task Force, City of Vancouver
Excellent, thorough report with more than 160 recommendations to Vancouver City Council.
COMMUNITY NOISE - 1995:
World Health Organization (WHO) Report
Describes how environmental noise may have a number of direct adverse effects on exposed people including disturbance of sleep, auditory and non-auditory (physiological, cardiovascular) effects, interference with communication and general annoyance. Takes a while to download.