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Sound Pollution
A 22-year-old Princeton student, Tom Wonnacott, chose to spend four days in complete isolation without light, sound, and touch to help psychologists understand how it affects people. While long-term isolation can be harmful, some people today seek quieter places.
An over-abundance of noise has always been a significant environmental issue for man. In ancient Rome, rules existed to ensure that the noise emitted from the large iron wheels of wagons that rolled over the stones on the pavements and caused disruption of sleep and annoyance was minimized by allowing people to travel only during certain times. The same rules existed in Medieval Europe.To ensure inhabitants were given the best chance at a peaceful night's sleep, in some cities, horse-drawn carriages and horseback riding were not allowed at night time. However, when today's noise problems are compared with the noise pollution problems of the past, they are almost incomparable.
An immense number of vehicles of various shapes and sizes are regularly driven around and through most of the world's cities and countryside. Loud, large diesel engines power the enormous trucks that roll around highways, day and night. Aircraft and trains add to the environmental noise scenario. In industry, machinery emits high noise levels, and amusement parks and pleasure vehicles distract leisure time and relaxation. One hundred years ago, environmental experts predicted that
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