Annoyance and health effects due to European transportation noise

maandag 15 december 2014 14:00

At least 20 million adults in Europe are annoyed by transportation noise in agglomerations, from motorways, airports or railways. The majority of the noise annoyance and 90 percent of the burden of disease of environmental noise are related to the exposure to road traffic noise. This is the outcome of a RIVM report compiled for the European Commission.