Background
According to the World Health Organization's Guidelines for Community
Noise, noise is an increasing public health problem. Noise can have the
following adverse health effects: hearing loss; sleep disturbances;
cardiovascular and psychophysiologic problems; performance reduction;
annoyance responses; and adverse social behavior.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions about noise ...more
Publications
Noise-related information from various scientific publications ...more
Resources
Useful information about noise from various federal and nonfederal
resources ...more
National
Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
Ongoing collection, integration, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination
of data on environmental hazards, exposures to those hazards, and health
effects that may be related to the exposures ...more
Radiation
Studies
General radiation facts, public health research, radon research ...more