Light and noise pollution ‘are neglected health hazards’, say peers

“The science and technology committee of the House of Lords has called on ministers to do more to tackle these pollutants, which it claims are “poorly understood and poorly regulated”.

A total of 130,000 healthy years of life are lost to noise pollution in the UK each year alone, according to data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), with 40% of Britons exposed to unhealthy levels of road traffic noise, said the committee’s chair, Lady King.”

The Guardian Guardian Air & Noise Pollution

Paul Monsted CEO & Managing Director Comment:

“The fact that a committee of the house of Lords stated that hundreds of thousands of years of life are lost in UK alone due to noise pollution is mind blowing. Action is needed now.”