An acoustics professor, a food critic and an audio producer are staring at their devices in a Peruvian restaurant in downtown Washington. “What are you getting?” “Let’s see … it’s fluctuating.” “I ...

Share on Pinterest the_guitar_mann/Getty Images. Pollution occurs when a contaminant enters the environment, causing undesirable effects. There are several types of pollution, including: air pollution ...

Tinnitus may occur after exposure to loud noise, such as live music, heavy machinery, or fireworks. Share on Pinterest vm/Getty Images You’ve probably heard about the dangers of listening to loud ...

Noise pollution is nothing new: An 1856 editorial in London’s Times complained of the city’s “noisy, dizzy, scatterbrained atmosphere,” and in 1866, American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne groused that ...

Ten years ago Jamie Banks started working from her home in the town of ­Lincoln, Mass. After a couple of months, the continuing racket from landscaping machines began to feel unendurable, even when ...