More than 110 million people across Europe It suffers from high levels of additional health noise pollution, according to a report. The resulting physiological stress leads to 66,000 early deaths per year and many cases of heart disease, diabetes and depression.
the a reportFrom the European Environment Agency (EA), it focuses on noise of cars, trains and aircraft and found that 20 % of the population of the European Economic Zone (EA) was influenced. sporadic researchUsing a slightly lower threshold for dangerous noise pollution, it was found that 40 % of the UK population was subjected to harmful transportation.
Seventeen million people have a particularly high pollution-“in the long, high-term”-and nearly 5 million “severe” sleep disorders suffer. Fifteen million children live in harmful noise areas. The analysis found that the damage suffering from noise from noise is greater than that of prominent risks, including negative tobacco smoke or bullets, and bears an economic cost of approximately 100 billion euros (86 billion pounds) per year.
The researchers said that the damage to health is likely to be less. The use of the threshold of the most striking World Health Organization for risky noise pollution gives 150 million people across Europe. The researchers said that the goal of the European Union to reduce the number of people disturbed chronicly due to the transportation of transportation by 30 % by 2030 will not be fulfilled without further procedures.
“The pollution of noise affects our health by preserving our bodies in a state of fighting or on an ongoing journey, even if we do not realize this consciously.” “This can lead to harmful physiological responses such as inflammation and oxidative stress, and with the passage of time, this increases the risk of developing various health issues, including heart disease, diabetes, stroke, obesity, children’s weakness and mental health problems.”
“Management pollution is not just a discomfort,” added Peres, who was affected by herself. “Oh my God, yes. I am fully aware of the effects of noise pollution, and I am very sensitive to it. It limits your life.”
This report relies on the data reported by EEA countries on transportation, which is the most widespread and important type of noise pollution. Other types, such as loud neighbors and music from bars, are likely to be damaged, but they are difficult to measure due to their spread.
The report found that 92 million people across Europe were harmed due to land transportation, 18 million rail noise and 2.6 million noise in aircraft. Research published on the health effect of noise pollution was used to estimate annual losses of 66,000 early deaths, 50,000 cases of cardiovascular disease and 22,000 cases of type 2 diabetes.
The number of people in Europe affected by noise decreased by only 3 % between 2017 and 2022, but researchers said that many measures could be taken. They said that the limits of the speed of vehicles in urban areas and enhance the use of low -no -no -tire tires would cut road traffic noise, and will enhance public transport, walking and cycling.
The researchers said that the increasing number of electric cars will reduce the noise lower than expected, because the main source of noise at lower speeds is from contact between the tires and the road, not the engine. The traffic noise also dominates a small number of very loud vehicles.
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Railways noise can be cut off by better maintenance of trains and path, and aircraft noise can be reduced by improving landing and taking off and encouraging quieter insertion.
“Noise pollution is often ignored and is just an inconvenience to daily life,” said EEA-YONONEN’s Executive Director, Leena YLä-Mononen. One of the reasons for this is that the pollution of the noise of transportation is chronic, unlike air pollution that has peaks that lead to health alerts and increase awareness.
She said: “However, the long -term effects of noise on our health and our environment are widespread and important.” “Children are also particularly vulnerable to noise effects, a problem that all countries need to address urgently.”
