What all that noise pollution is doing to our lives. From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: July 16, 1984| Author: Taylor, Ronald A. | COPYRIGHT 1984 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The banging, screeching, crashing and pounding in the nation's workplaces are being muffled today--but complaints about noise pollution in residential communities are growing louder.

"Fifty percent of the U.S. population is exposed every day to noise that interferes with speech or sleep," reports Rutgers University's Noise Technical Assistance Center.

Jill Lipoti, chief of the center, contends that "noise affects more people than any other pollutant."

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