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Noise Links
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General Noise Awareness Sites | Comments about these Sites |
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The Right to Quiet Society
http://www.quiet.org/ |
A British Columbia Society promoting awareness of the ever growing problems of noise pollution. |
Noise Pollution Clearing House
http://www.nonoise.org/index.htm |
One of the best noise sites I have found. It discusses many aspects of noise & has numerous links. |
The Noise Center
http://www.lhh.org/noise/ |
Also a very good noise awareness site promoting "Noise Awareness Day" on April 24th, 2002. |
NoiseWatch Online
http://www3.sympatico.ca/noise |
NoiseWatch is a Canadian organization dedicated to raising awareness of the negative affects of noise. |
Noise Free America http://www.noisefree.org/index.html |
Noise Free America is devoted to fighting noise pollution |
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International Sites with Noise Concerns | Comments |
United States Environment Protection Agency, EPA
http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/noise/index.htm |
Contains noise studies back to 1972. Recommends every day noise levels to not exceed 70 decibels. |
The World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/peh/noise/guidelines2.html |
A very good site. Provides guidelines, impacts of noise and recommendations to governments. |
The 8th Annual Noise & Health Congress
http://www.icben2003.nl/index.htm |
This Congress has recognized noise for what it is, a public health problem. |
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Government Sites of Interest | Comments |
BC Gov't Farm Practices Board site http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/ki/propcan/ |
This page describes the BC Farm Practices Board's position on Propane Cannons. |
BC Ministry of Agriculture site http://www.gov.bc.ca/agf/ |
This site presents the BC Ministry of Agriculture's position on audible bird scare devices and specifies the regulations for their use. |
Province of Ontario Agriculture site
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/facts/ 98-035.htm#Propane-Fired Cannons |
This is a very thorough site with a lot of ideas for bird control, including of course, propane cannons. It mentions cannon decibel levels, ie. over 115 decibels. |
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City & Municipal Sites | Comments |
Abbotsford Home Page
http://www.city.abbotsford.bc.ca/default.htm |
Browse thru our home town's web site, then sound off to your councillors and mayor about the use of propane cannons! |
Abbotsford City Bylaws
http://www.abbyviews.com/ |
Check 1996 section for Abbotsford's Noise Bylaws pertaining to propane cannons. These were rendered useless by the Farm Practices Act. |
Vancouver City Noise Report
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/970513 /citynoisereport/ |
A Vancouver study of its own noise problems.
Thumbs Down to Vancouver, for rescinding
their legislation to ban leaf blowers??
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Cloverdale's Cannon Page
http://www.cloverdale.bc.ca/propane.htm |
An interesting page on the Cloverdale Web Site expressing that city's opinion of propane cannons. |
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