How chronic noise pollution damages health beyond hearing loss
By
James Gallagher
Summary
This article investigates how environmental noise pollution is a serious public health crisis that goes far beyond hearing damage. It explores scientific evidence linking chronic noise exposure to heart attacks, type 2 diabetes, and dementia. The piece features expert commentary from Prof Charlotte Clark and documents sound levels in various environments, revealing how pervasive and harmful noise has become in modern life.
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· 3 pulledIt is a public health crisis, we've got huge numbers of people exposed in their everyday life.
We are surrounded by an invisible killer. One so common that we barely notice it shortening our lives.
It's causing heart attacks, type 2 diabetes and studies now even link it to dementia.
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