See also:

• Business: Environment: Noise and Vibration Control  (203)
• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Communication Disorders: Hearing  (251)
• Science: Technology: Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration  (328)

The Noise Consultancy, LLC     www.noiseconsultancy.com Noise consulting services to municipalities, industry and impacted residents, including: sound studies; ordinance development; enforcement issues; acoustical modeling; planning and zoning; impact statements; private and public nuisance advocacy.

Noise Pollution Clearinghouse     www.nonoise.org An information resource with online database. Campaigns on specific noise issues and distributes "Quiet Zone" newsletter. Offers CD demonstrating worst noise offenders. Often quoted by major media.

Alaska Quiet Rights Coalition  www.alaskaquietrights.org Dedicated to protecting the rights of Alaskans to quiet places for the benefit of public land users, private property owners, and visitors

Ban the Cannons  bancannons.tripod.com British Columbia group wants ban on propane cannons and other noise polluting bird scare devices in the Fraser Valley.

Citizens Against Noise  www.neighborhoodlink.com/org/nonoise Los Angeles

EPA History - Noise  www.epa.gov/history/topics/noise/index.htm U.S. EPA Documents Concerning Noise Pollution

Farm Noise and Hearing Project  www.farmnoise.on.net South Australian network of farmers and health professionals promoting hearing conservation in rural communities.

Hearing Damage and Loud Music  www.abelard.org/hear/hear.php On the relationship between loud noise and ear damage, with particular reference to young people and loud music.

Honku: Haiku about Traffic Noise  www.honku.org An international movement grown from one man's therapeutic exercise to alleviate the pain and suffering caused by too many honking vehicles outside his apartment window in Brooklyn

Hush the Bus Movement  www.hush-the-bus.com A group of Hong Kong residents fed up with noise pollution from televisions pumping out noise and ads on commuter buses.

International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise  www.icben.org Sponsoring international congresses every 5 years since 1968, this organization's members are recognized as the leading authorities on the subject of noise and health

Landscapers Involved with Neighborhoods and Kids (LINK)  www.concentric.net/~Wrigfam Aims to reduce leaf blower noise by networking with others. Includes news release template and contact details.

League for the Hard of Hearing  www.lhh.org/noise Nonprofit aimed at providing a network for consciousness raising and reducing noise. Contains information on airport noise, legislation, fact sheets, how to get involved, and hazards to avoid. Located in New York and Florida, United States.

Loud Car Stereos  www.popcenter.org/Problems/problem-car-stereos.htm Bulletin from the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing

Lower the Boom!  www.lowertheboom.org Anti-boomcar information.

Minnesotans for Responsible Recreation  www.mnresponsiblerec.org Defending the natural quiet of Minnesota trails and waterways from snowmobile and personal watercraft noise

No Boom Cars  www.noboomers.com Louisville KY - Boom Car noise pollution in Louisville is out of control, we demand enforcement of the new noise ordinance

Noise Abatement Society  www.noiseabatementsociety.com The Noise Abatement Society (NAS) promotes ways to combat antisocial noise. The Society's annual John Connell Awards recognize local initiatives to address noise complaints.

Noise and Traffic  www.xs4all.nl/~rigolett/ENGELS Information on effects of noise on people, noise regulations, standards and control of noise production by vehicles, machinery etc.

Noise Net - Noise and Vibration Information in the UK  www.noisenet.org Mainly a business directory, but also a source of good information.

Noise Off Charitable Trust  www.noiseoff.org.nz Noise Off Charitable Trust - Promoting the reduction of motor vehicle noise emissions throughout New Zealand for the improvement of the heath and well being of our communities and the quality of our environment

Noisefree America  www.noisefree.org NFA's monthly "Dirty Dozen" awards spotlight worst noise polluters.

NoiseOFF  www.noiseoff.org Coalition of world citizens combating noise pollution blighting communities everywhere.

Quiet DC  www.adlerbooks.com/noise.html Focuses on noise problems in the Washington, DC Metro area

Quiet Use Coalition  www.quietuse.org Quiet use of wilderness areas is presented as a normal use and argues against enabling gas engine, motorized machines in the quiet, national forests in U.S.

Right to Quiet  www.quiet.org Vancouver, BC, nonprofit society working to raise awareness of the value, benefits, and difficulties in obtaining quiet.

Rutgers Noise Technical Assistance Center  www.envsci.rutgers.edu/org/rntac/index.html Providing training in sound level measurement for enforcement of municipal noise codes, the center has been providing assistance for over 35 years

Scientific Interdisciplinary Ecology and Noise Committee  www.eie.fceia.unr.edu.ar/~acustica/comite/index.htm Argentina group promotes public noise awareness and advises citizens and city officials on noise problems

Silent Majority: Citizens against car alarms  www.silentmajorityny.org Website for a new campaign to ban car alarms from New York City.

Stress and Noise  www.fi.edu/brain/stress.htm#stressnoise Franklin Institute Report

UK - Noise Act of 1996  www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1996/ukpga_19960037_en_1 Full text of the UK Noise Act of 1996.