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- Title
Buy Quiet Initiative in the USA.
- Authors
Beamer, Bryan; McCleery, Trudi; Hayden, Charles
- Abstract
Noise-induced hearing loss is still considered one of the most common work-related illnesses in the United States of America. The U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health launched a national Buy Quiet campaign to raise awareness of the importance of purchasing quieter equipment. Buy Quiet encourages companies to seek out and demand quieter equipment thus driving the market to design and create quieter products. In the long run, investment in noise controls should be more prevalent as the market demands quieter products. This paradigm occurs as the market for quieter products expands both from the supply side (manufacturers) and the demand side (tool and equipment purchasers). The key to experiencing the reduced costs and increased benefits of Buy Quiet will be to develop partnerships between manufacturers and consumers. To this end, the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health continues to work with partners to educate stakeholders about the risks and true costs of noise-induced hearing loss, as well as the economic benefits of buying quieter equipment.
- Subjects
NOISE-induced deafness prevention; NATIONAL Institute for Occupational Safety &; Health; PHYSIOLOGICAL aspects of industrial noise; NOISE control equipment; NOISE control products industry; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Acoustics Australia, 2016, Vol 44, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
0814-6039
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s40857-015-0036-1