Noise pollution is a lot worse for you than you'd have thought. According to the World Health Organisation, it's the second biggest environmental cause of health problems in humans after air pollution. Studies from 2012 suggested it contributed to 910,000 additional cases of hypertension across Europe every year and 10,000 premature deaths related to coronary heart diseases or strokes. Closer to home, a 15-year study found that there was a higher rate of cardiovascular and stroke-related deaths amongthose living near to the rabble of Heathrow – something residents are sure to cite in the wake of ministers approving a third runway there today.
So why isn't anyone talking about it?
"Noise is invisible," says Poppy Szkiler of Quiet Mark. "I think that's why the problems associated with it have been ignored, until now."
Quiet Mark provide a universal stamp of approval for products and companies that recognise the importance of reducing their acoustic footprint. They were born out of the Noise Abatement Society, established in 1959 when John Connell – Szkiler's grandfather – wrote an angry letter to The Daily Telegraph bemoaning the increasingly invasive levels of noise in the world around him. Full story...
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So why isn't anyone talking about it?
"Noise is invisible," says Poppy Szkiler of Quiet Mark. "I think that's why the problems associated with it have been ignored, until now."
Quiet Mark provide a universal stamp of approval for products and companies that recognise the importance of reducing their acoustic footprint. They were born out of the Noise Abatement Society, established in 1959 when John Connell – Szkiler's grandfather – wrote an angry letter to The Daily Telegraph bemoaning the increasingly invasive levels of noise in the world around him. Full story...
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