Tag: <span>environmental noise</span>

Noise Pollution: The Literal Opposite of a Silent Killer

The rumble of an airplane overhead. The whistle of a passing train. Garbage trucks backing up. Construction machinery and jackhammering. All of these sounds fall into the background of your attention when you’re used to them, but how might this noise be affecting you over time?   Ecological Impacts of …

Handshake with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon–the end of a great internship!

  MEETINGS, MEETINGS, MEETINGS…. After two months into the internship, I was already feeling comfortable in both formal and informal settings. Fall season at the World Health Organization (WHO) means a lot of meetings. I was asked to be a note-taker for the Human Biomointoring meeting and the Economics Symposium …