For example, the maximum allowable noise level for residential areas is 55 dB during the day and 45 dB at night. The Sound Pollution Control Rules, 2006, which specifically addresses noise ...

An interdisciplinary network of engineers, policymakers, industry stakeholders and social scientists, led by the University of Surrey, will take on ...

That sentiment is the basis for the 2023 documentary, “The Quietest Year,” which chronicles one woman’s personal quest to curb noise pollution in the village of Stowe that ultimately ...

Heathrow’s own assessment found that over 500,000 people would be newly affected by aircraft noise from the proposed expansion alone. On the higher end, government analysis suggests that 2 ...

For weeks now, most of the friends and families I know have had a cough of some kind. The pollution in the dry season in Thailand has long been a problem. But recently, it's reached dangerous and ...

A country with higher levels of pollution but a more intact healthcare system may fare better, for example; a population with higher incidences of sedentary lifestyles and “diseases of affluence ...

“For example, stricter pollution controls, investments in health care infrastructure and international cooperation to address transboundary pollution could all help. And expanding green ...

At work or other places where people gather, addressing acoustics can help with a host of issues. By Gordon Boggis and ...

BRUSSELS, Jan 15 (Reuters) - European Union cities are unlikely to meet stricter air quality and noise pollution targets in the coming years, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said on Wednesday ...

Union minister of science and technology Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday released a book on ’Pollution & Health’. The book compiled by Dr Vitull Gupta has chapters by several medical experts ...

One of the loudest cities in the world creates so much noise pollution it has been described as “unfit for living”. Mumbai is the biggest city in India and along with that comes high levels of ...