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S.F. traffic noise risks health of 1 in 6

Noise from traffic is putting nearly 1 in 6 San Francisco residents at risk for heart disease, high blood pressure and other stress-related illnesses, city public health officials have found.

The San Francisco Department of Public Health has ranked "highly annoyed" areas of the city – neighborhoods it says have noise so loud and so constant it could cause psychological and physical harm.

Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer

Full Story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/08/MN4913D4MI.DTL&tsp=1

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