A NEW PETITION TO PARLIAMENT HAS BEEN STARTED. DO SIGN!

A petition to Parliament calling for ambient music to be banned from certain public places, principally hospitals and medical centres, has been started by Pipedown member James Lawrence.https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/704210/sponsors/new?token=HLdF9dtG58aU7yq8wee8

He argues: Hospitals and public transport, which almost everyone at times has to use, should always be places free of unnecessary extra noise. Private concerns, which most of also have at times to use, such as supermarkets, should also be discouraged from assaulting customers and staff with continual noise.

It has long been established that loud, aggressive ambient music can cause psychological and hearing damage and generally cause people stress. It is a form of psychological pollution, just as smoking pollutes the lungs.