A study has recently warned the public that very high levels of noise pollution could actually kill. And this kind of noise could come from traffic, from those shouting neighbors, from the kind of music your roommate likes to listen to, and to everything else in between.European scientists are the people behind the study. They have actually been also looking into how noise affects our health. They did find out that in the long run, noise pollution could be the cause of strokes as well as of heart attacks.
⿿Until now, noise has been the Cinderella form of pollution and people have not been aware it has an impact on their health. New data provides a link showing there are earlier deaths because of noise. Given that seven million people around the world die each year from heart disease, the toll from exposure to noise could be about 210,000,⿿ talks Deepak Prasher, one of the people behind the study conducted by the World Health Organization.
[Via The Herald]
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