One Thousand Days and Counting: A report on the social and health impacts of industrial noise from the Donkin Coal Mine in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Abstract

For over one thousand days, residents of Port Morien and the surrounding areas have been exposed to industrial noise emitted in the process of ventilating methane gas from the Donkin Coal Mine. This study illustrates the direct and cumulative impacts of this noise on the personal health and wellbeing of the community, as experienced by community members themselves.