Noise pollution poses a high risk to human health. This briefing presents updated estimates of the numbers of people exposed to environmental noise pollution in Europe. It also provides a new summary of the measures being used in Member States to manage noise. Road traffic remains by far the most important source of environmental noise: at least 100 million people are exposed to levels of traffic noise that exceed the European Union’s indicator of noise annoyance.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/managing-exposure-noise-europe
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/european-environment-agency
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/noise-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environmental-health
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu