Noise becoming the next big “health” epidemic

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8 years ago

There has been a slew of recent articles, (see below by Vox and SoundPrint's study of NYC restaurants and bars) looks like noise might be the next big "health issue" - thoughts?

https://www.soundprint.co/soundprint-finds-most-nyc-restaurants-and-bars-potentially-endanger-patrons-hearing-health/

https://www.vox.com/2018/4/18/17168504/restaurants-noise-levels-loud-decibels

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/noise-exposure-is-becoming-the-new-secondhand-smoke/2018/05/11/dd080c30-52d3-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ec3d073b5d42