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- Deputation Opposing Island Airport Expansion
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
It is absurd to have a major airport on a city's waterfront. The negative impacts -- air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, massively increased traffic, the risk of planes taking off and landing with a few hundred meters of homes and schools -- are clear and unacceptable.
- Deputation to the Toronto Board of Health regarding proposed expansion of Island Airport
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
The waterfront is a highly utilized collective space that we have highly invested in to be used for recreational activities that promote health and fit into the city's vision of increasing green space. Why would we destroy it with an expanding airport?
- Extremely Loud: Sound as a Weapon
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2011
In this disturbing and wide-ranging account, acclaimed journalist Juliette Volcler looks at the long history of efforts by military and police forces to deploy sound against enemies, criminals, and law-abiding citizens. During the 2004 battle over the Iraqi city of Fallujah, U.S. Marines bolted large speakers to the roofs of their Humvees, blasting AC/DC, Eminem, and Metallica songs through the city's narrow streets as part of a targeted psychological operation against militants that has now become standard practice in American military operations in Afghanistan. In the historic center of Brussels, nausea-inducing sound waves are unleashed to prevent teenagers from lingering after hours. High-decibel, "nonlethal" sonic weapons have become the tools of choice for crowd control at major political demonstrations from Gaza to Wall Street and as a form of torture at Guantanamo and elsewhere.
- HealthSources.ca
Resource Type: Website
Published: 2017
A web portal featuring information and resources about health, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools make it possible to find additional resources and information.
- Letter to Toronto City Council regarding jets at Toronto Island airport
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
We are writing to express grave concerns regarding the proposal to expand the Billy Bishop Airport to jets. We are community health physicians and are extremely alarmed by the potential health harm of jets which will particularly impact the community that lives in such close proximity to the airport.
- Researchers find link between aircraft noise and heart disease
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
Exposure to high levels of aircraft noise is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, two studies find. Researchers found increased risks of stroke, coronary heart disease, and cardiovascular disease for both hospital admissions and mortality, especially among the 2% of the study population exposed to the highest levels of daytime and night time aircraft noise.
- A Rubber Worker's Guide to Occupational Health
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1984
- Shout out for peace and quiet
Green solutions to noise reduction could improve our mental and physical wellbeing.
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2019
Noise is a cause of stress with physical and psychological effects on people and also harms the environment. Noise reductions needs to be made part of solutions such as industry standards and urban planning.
- Traffic Noise Increases the Risk of Having a Stroke, Study Suggests
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2011
Exposure to noise from road traffic can increase the risk of stroke, particularly in those aged 65 years and over.
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