Environmental Engineering

This section of the Code defines excessive noise, permits enforcement, and lays out penalties for violators.

Information from the Centers for Disease Control on excessive noise, hearing loss, and noise control.

A 2021 article by Spencer Buell on noise levels in Boston

Statistics, infographics, and publications on noise-related hearing loss and its prevention.

Information on occupational noise levels, health effects, and noise control measures.

Provides recommendations for protecting human health from exposure to environmental noise originating from various sources: transportation (road traffic, railway and aircraft) noise, wind turbine noise and leisure noise.