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To: Ish who wrote (20070)	6/2/2000 9:15:00 PM
From: chalu2	Read Replies (2) of 769667

Your Tax Dollars at Work: Scientists Probe Loud Candy Wrappers .c The Associated Press ATLANTA (June 2) - Scientists have figured out why candy wrappers are so noisy when opened in a quiet theater, no matter how slowly or deliberately they are unwrapped. The sound is caused by the pops and clicks as creases in the packaging material are pulled apart, and there is very little a theatergoer can do to decrease the loudness of those sounds, according to Eric Kramer, a physicist from Simon's Rock College of Bard in Great Barrington, Mass. Opening the wrapper slowly merely spreads out the pops and clicks. It doesn't make them softer. The study was released this week in Atlanta at a meeting of the Acoustical Society. Kramer and Alexander Lobkovsky of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., studied the sound waves from unwrapping candy wrappers. The noise could be decreased with different wrapping materials. But for now, candy wrappers are going to make noise no matter how they are opened, Kramer concluded. His suggestion for movie-goers craving candy: Open it as quickly as possible and get it over with. AP-NY-06-02-00 1423EDT Copyright 2000 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.

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