GALE BREWER: New York City is exciting and noise comes with it. HUANG: New York City Council Member Gale Brewer is trying to make one of America's noisiest cities a little quieter. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #2: New research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology finds such noise pollution may have an effect on your heart health. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #1: The medical community is beginning to notice the magnitude and long-term effects that noise has at the cellular level. HUANG: Jamie Banks is founder and president of the nonprofit Quiet Communities, and groups like hers are part of a growing movement that sees chronic noise exposure as not just a nuisance but a health risk. There's many other sources of noise coming from outdoor power equipment, industry, entertainment venues and so forth. This might be road traffic, rail traffic, air traffic. JAMIE BANKS: We have more transportation around us. And according to the experts, no matter where you live, it's getting louder. HUANG: The sounds you hear most may depend on where you live - a rural community versus urban, city or suburbs - but a completely quiet home in America is hard to come by.
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