Noise in Providence: orange is the loudest, green the quietest. Courtesy of Brown University School of Public Health
Noise is the New Smoking
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Whether it’s the frame-rattling, wall-penetrating bass of car stereos with over-sized subwoofers, the growl of modified mufflers, the inescapable day- (and often night-)long blare of house parties, the grating drone of leafblowers, or the sleep-depriving inundation of dangerously high volume levels from nearby entertainment venues, [...]

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