Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chronic exposure to unwanted aircraft, traffic and construction noise may harm psychological and cardiovascular health. (Getty ...

Noise pollution affects approximately 30 million workers in the United States. Here's why its detrimental health effects deserve your attention. Several months ago, I awoke at midnight to the grating ...

Last June, an anti-noise advocacy group, Quiet Communities, sued the Environmental Protection Agency for not doing its job to limit the loud sounds people are exposed to in everyday life. The group is ...

I had always thought of golf and fishing as the most popular hobbies for middle-aged men. But in my neighborhood? It’s leaf blowing. Like a week-long pickleball match, two neighbors volley leaves back ...

Noise pollution can actually be more serious than you might have previously believed—and humans make a lot of noise! From transportation to industries, how we work and play in noise pollution is ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s not hard to find an open space or nice park to take a relaxing walk in the park but sometimes the city noise, like loud cars, can interrupt that. Nick Ferenchak, an associate ...

I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the increasing levels of noise pollution caused by motor vehicles in our community. It seems that the legally allowable sound decibels emitted from ...

When we think about pollution, we typically imagine billowing smoke stacks or sludgy waters. But pollution comes in many forms, including excessive light and sound. Just because someone lives in a ...

A legal practitioner in Akwa Ibom, Edidiong Udoaka, has written to Governor Umo Eno, calling for urgent action to curb noise ...

A neighbourhood association is taking the owners of Real Madrid's football stadium to court over noise pollution from ...