Noise pollution is negatively impacting children's ability to read, according to a watchdog organization. The European Environment Agency recently released a report outlining the impacts of noise ...

Noise adversely affects the economy by reducing productivity, increasing healthcare costs, affecting property values, and ...

The young are the most sensitive, with more than 60,000 children in Europe suffering ... Road traffic is the main source of noise pollution (80%), followed by rail traffic (15%) and air transport ...

Around half of noise pollution comes from a person’s neighbourhood ... National Geographic adds that children who live in noisy areas have been found to suffer from stress and impairments ...