Share on Pinterest the_guitar_mann/Getty Images. Pollution occurs when a contaminant enters the environment, causing undesirable effects. There are several types of pollution, including: air pollution ...

One in five Europeans is regularly exposed to noise levels that could "significantly" damage their health, the World Health Organization says, and it updated guidelines on those levels in Europe on ...

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Light and noise pollution are "neglected pollutants", poorly understood, poorly regulated, and in need of renewed focus, according to a parliamentary committee report. Noise and light pollution ...

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Last June, an anti-noise advocacy group, Quiet Communities, sued the Environmental Protection Agency for not doing its job to limit the loud sounds people are exposed to in everyday life. The group is ...

Air pollution is now a national health emergency as toxic air drives respiratory distress, heart and neurological diseases, ...

Noise pollution affects approximately 30 million workers in the United States. Here's why its detrimental health effects deserve your attention. Several months ago, I awoke at midnight to the grating ...

The large-scale study linked exposure to air pollution with a higher infertility risk in men, while traffic noise affected women When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Noise pollution generated by human activity in certain areas of Antarctica could be having a negative effect on the well-being of the area's fauna, according to a study by the University of the ...