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Resident urges Yarmouth Board of Health to treat noise pollution as a public‑health issue
Summary
Harris Contos told the Board of Health noise pollution should be treated like air or water pollution, urged the board to develop the scientific basis and to coordinate with police for enforcement and training, and offered to follow up with staff.
At the opening public-comment portion of the Yarmouth Board of Health meeting on May 4, resident Harris Contos told members that noise pollution is an underrecognized public-health threat and asked the board to investigate its physiologic impacts and develop policies and public reporting.
Contos cited the American Public Health Association’s…
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