ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2014
Environmental noise pollution in the United States: developing an effective public health response.
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- Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies Addressing Environmental Noise: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Inequalities in noise will affect urban wildlife.Nature ecology & evolution · 2024Pooled it
- Long-term aircraft noise exposure and risk of hypertension in the Nurses' Health Studies.Environmental research · 2022Pooled it
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- Integrating noise as a risk factor in studies of Alzheimer's disease and dementia: Guidance for epidemiologic research.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Review
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- Regulation Mechanisms and Evaluation System for the Damping Performance of Crumb Rubber-Modified Asphalt over the Wide Temperature Range.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association between noise pollution exposure and incident breast cancer in the Sister Study.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Racial and ethnic inequities to noise pollution from transportation- and work-related sources in the United States.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- An environmental vulnerability index framework supporting targeted public health interventions at the census tracts level.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Assessment of Noise Exposure in United States Urban Public Parks: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- City-wide space-time patterns of environmental noise pollution in Kigali, Rwanda.Environmental research letters : ERL [Web site] · 2025Article
- Environmental noise-induced changes to the IC-SNc circuit promotes motor deficits and neuronal vulnerability in a mouse model of Parkinson's Disease.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Co-exposure to heat and noise on workers' health: evidence from a large-scale cross-sectional surveillance study in China.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Impact of Noise Pollution on Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Empirical Evidence from the CHARLS.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- What you listen to makes a difference: The impact of music on attention and well-being.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
- Social Media Depictions of the Impact of Noise Pollution on Communication and Mental and Physical Health.Journal of community health · 2025Article
- Cytokine changes in nasal secretions after acute acoustic trauma.Journal of medical biochemistry · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundTens of millions of Americans suffer from a range of adverse health outcomes due to noise exposure, including heart disease and hearing loss. Reducing environmental noise pollution is achievable and consistent with national prevention goals, yet there is no national plan to reduce environmental noise pollution.
objectivesWe aimed to describe some of the most serious health effects associated with noise, summarize exposures from several highly prevalent noise sources based on published estimates as well as extrapolations made using these estimates, and lay out proven mechanisms and strategies to reduce noise by incorporating scientific insight and technological innovations into existing public health infrastructure. DISCUSSION: We estimated that 104 million individuals had annual LEQ(24) levels > 70 dBA (equivalent to a continuous average exposure level of >70 dBA over 24 hr) in 2013 and were at risk of noise-induced hearing loss. Tens of millions more may be at risk of heart disease, and other noise-related health effects. Direct regulation, altering the informational environment, and altering the built environment are the least costly, most logistically feasible, and most effective noise reduction interventions.
conclusionSignificant public health benefit can be achieved by integrating interventions that reduce environmental noise levels and exposures into the federal public health agenda.
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