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Transport noise: the health impacts of noise pollution
Whilst living in cities, near airports or road and rail links, might prove useful for the commute, the noise levels can sometimes be too much to bear.
A growing body of research reveals, transport noise can cause sleep disturbance, cardiovascular disease, elevated hormone levels, psychological problems and even premature death; studies on children have identified cognitive impairment, worsened behaviour and diminished quality of life.
The European Commission acknowledges that traffic noise is one of the main local environmental problems in Europe and the source of an increasing number ... |
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NGOs call for EPA pesticide testing to be updated
The US Environmental Protection Agency have come under fire from leading NGOs for its outdated testing program of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. It is feared that the numerous holes in the current programme fail to detect many serious effects on human development.
The Environmental Protection Agency is ready to start testing 67 pesticide ingredients for their possible endocrine disruption effects. However, the US based NGO, the Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX) argues that the testing program the agency plans to use is riddled with holes. TEDX claims that the tests, first recommended in 1998, ... |
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