Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Higher long-term traffic noise exposure increases risk for incident primary hypertension. People exposed to ...

As cities are densified at a fast pace, there is now construction very close to roads and thoroughfares. It is already known that noise can have a negative impact on human health, but new research ...

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A new study links exposure to traffic noise to high blood pressure. Exposure to air pollution also raised the risk. A growing body of evidence finds an association between noise pollution and high ...

An outdoor training area for visually impaired people has been created at a play park in Stapleford. The stretch of asphalt ...

If you live near a busy road you might feel like the constant sound of roaring engines, honking horns and wailing sirens makes your blood pressure rise. Now a new study confirms it can do exactly that ...

Believe it or not, despite the noise and danger of highways, squirrels actually find the noise reassuring. Find out why.

Road traffic noise is associated with a higher risk of an infertility diagnosis among women aged over 35, a new study has revealed. But now, researchers in Denmark have discovered new factors that ...

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Wailing sirens, aggressive horns, the roaring engines of giant diesel trucks — most of us would agree road noise is super annoying, but is it actually harmful to your health? A new study published on ...

The Department for Transport has announced that four locations in England will test noise-detecting traffic cameras in an effort to crack down on "boy racers" who rev engines and use illegal exhausts, ...