Chronic exposure to unwanted aircraft, traffic and construction noise may harm psychological and cardiovascular health. (Getty Images) If you live in a city, near a highway or within several miles of ...

We talk with a researcher about the link between the exposure to noise pollution and several types of serious health issues ...

In a bid to tackle noise pollution, a serious yet often overlooked urban issue, Nick Ferenchak, an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico, has introduced a clever solution. Ferenchak has ...

Woman with closed eyes covering her ears in the street while vehicles are passing by fast in the background. Stressful and frustrating. Given the growing cacophony of noise pollution here on planet ...

It may be no surprise that New York City is America's noisiest city. But one possible solution to decrease noise pollution may come as a surprise: introducing more park space in urban environments.

“Long-term exposure to heating and cooling equipment (and the noise pollution this equipment creates) can cause, or worsen, health problems and interfere with employees’ quality of life, as well as ...

"Oh, the noise! Oh the Noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!" Sound familiar? Maybe a bit like you — when you're being victimized by lawnmowers, leaf blowers, weed-whackers, commercial jets, low-flying ...

PITTSFIELD — A city resident is suing the Environmental Protection Agency to force it to crack down on harmful noise pollution that she says the EPA neglected to regulate for more than four decades.