Sentences with phrase «noise pollution caused»

It is being reported in the news that yesterday, the Quebec Court of Appeal overturned a decision rendered by the Superior Court of Quebec refusing to authorize a class action filed by three residents of a suburb of Quebec City against the Quebec Minister of Transport due to the alleged noise pollution caused by the nearby A-73 highway (see a French article in La Presse).

Ocean noise pollution caused by shipping, oil and gas development, and other human activities is making...

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Some neighbors have complained that the massive construction project has caused excessive noise, dust and pollution, and other nuisances, according to a recent article by The San Jose Mercury News.

The World Health Organisation argues that noise pollution can cause interference with communication, sleep disturbance, increased annoyance responses, noise - induced hearing loss, learning acquisition, performance effects, and cardiovascular and psychophysiological effects.

Several mainline Senate Democrats complained Peralta's bill doesn't do enough to address problems from food trucks that run all day, cause noise problems, and pollution from their propane tanks.

Western Europeans suffer a heavy toll of death and disability through exposure to excessive noise, making it second only to air pollution as an environmental cause of ill health.

Noise pollution — from honking cars to clanging construction equipment — can disturb sleep, cause stress, and impair concentration.

In other pollution cases, the Supreme Court has supported suits claiming that pollution caused harm as a «nuisance» under common law, most often interpreted to prohibit noise and light pollution.

Without ship strikes as a big factor holding the population back — and no other readily apparent human - caused reason (although noise, chemical pollution and interactions with fisheries may impact them)-- it is even more likely that the population is growing more slowly because whale numbers are reaching the habitat limit, something called the carrying capacity.

Researchers found that noise pollution was twice as high as background sound levels in a majority of U.S. protected areas, and caused a ten-fold or greater increase in noise pollution in 21 percent of protected areas.

If you suspect a breeder or business involved in animal production is polluting the land, water or air through improper disposal of feces, urine and carcasses (or causing noise pollution due to excessive barking), report it to the Environmental Services Department in your county.

Most recently, human - caused factors such as air, noise, light, and water pollution, climate change, and the introduction of invasive species are having a large impact on natural resources here.

I accept that noise at a level that could cause physical harm would constitute «pollution» but given that wind turbine noise is more of a small background hum at distance of about 400m, that falls far short of a reasonable threshhold for measurable harm.

Around the same time, another mine broke ground on nearby land, causing constant noise and light pollution.