New York City, October 2015, Manhattan
Loud Noises Are Slowly Ruining Your Health. David Hillier, writing for Vice, examines the effects of noise pollution on health, noting that the World Health Organization (WHO) considers noise pollution “the second biggest environmental cause of health problems in humans after air pollution.” You’ll note that the WHO says “health problems” and not hearing problems, because noise pollution doesn’t just affect hearing. As Hillier writes, “[s]tudies from 2012 suggested [noise pollution] contributed to 910,000 additional cases of hypertension across Europe every year and 10,000 premature deaths related to coronary heart diseases or strokes.” Click the link above for more.