THERE'S NO TUNING OUT NOISE POLLUTION : HEAR, HEAR! KNOW DECIBEL LEVELS.(L.A. Life)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: June 23, 1997 | Copyright information

Byline: Heesun Wee Daily News Staff Writer

Quiet!

If you think noise pollution doesn't qualify as a health issue, recall the last time your neighbors kept you up all night.

Sleep-deprived, you dragged yourself to work the next day, stressed and irritable. You most likely developed a headache and didn't have much of an appetite. And your sleep pattern probably was disrupted for the remainder of the week.

``Years ago, if someone complained...

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