ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2018
Residential noise from nearby oil and gas well construction and drilling.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Whose Future, Whose Security?: Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction and the Economic Vulnerability and Forced Participation of Small-scale Property Owners.Resources policy · 2023Article
- Temporal Trends of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Population Exposures to Upstream Oil and Gas Development in California.GeoHealth · 2023Article
- Exposure to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development and All-cause Mortality in Medicare Beneficiaries.Nature energy · 2022Article
- Association between exposure to road traffic noise and hearing impairment: a case-control study.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2021Article
- Acute myocardial infarction associated with unconventional natural gas development: A natural experiment.Environmental research · 2021Observational
- Unconventional oil and gas development and ambient particle radioactivity.Nature communications · 2020Article
- Residential Proximity to Oil and Gas Development and Birth Outcomes in California: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 2006-2015 Births.Environmental health perspectives · 2020Article
- Environmental Justice Dimensions of Oil and Gas Flaring in South Texas: Disproportionate Exposure among Hispanic communities.Environmental science & technology · 2020Article
- Chemical Exposures, Health, and Environmental Justice in Communities Living on the Fenceline of Industry.Current environmental health reports · 2020Review
- Relationships between indicators of cardiovascular disease and intensity of oil and natural gas activity in Northeastern Colorado.Environmental research · 2019Article
- Measuring environmental noise from airports, oil and gas operations, and traffic with smartphone applications: laboratory and field trials.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Public concern about oil and gas (O&G) operations in residential areas is substantial. Noise from construction and drilling related to O&G operations may be greater than other phases of O&G operations; yet the impacts of audible and low-frequency noise during these operations are not extensively explored nor the effects on health well understood. This study documents the noise levels at a multi-well O&G well pad during construction and drilling in a residential area in Colorado. A-weighted (dBA) and C-weighted (dBC) noise measurements were collected at four locations during development over a 3-month period. The maximum 1-min equivalent continuous sound levels over a 1-month period were 60.2 dBA and 80.0 dBC. Overall, 41.1% of daytime and 23.6% of nighttime dBA 1-min equivalent continuous noise measurements were found to exceed 50 dBA, and 97.5% of daytime and 98.3% of nighttime measurements were found to exceed 60 dBC. Noise levels exceeding 50 dBA or 60 dBC may cause annoyance and be detrimental to health; thus, these noise levels have the potential to impact health and noise levels and associated health effects warrant further investigation.
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