Constant urban noise causes chronic stress, and poorer areas are exposed to more of it.

But the most significant change in modern science is not just about the amount of noise, but how we experience it. Noise is no longer understood solely as a problem that affects hearing, it is also recognised as a systemic environmental pollutant. Transport noise is now one of the leading environmental cause of illness in Europe, second only to air pollution.

  • BlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The biggest damage isn’t from cars, It’s in schools. The amount of loud ass kids at once is unbearable. And your children are exposed for years to this shit

    • AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 days ago

      And your children are exposed for years to this shit

      Homie, our children are this shit, they’re the noise. I’m not sure they mind since they probably don’t really hear anyone else over their own shrieking. Kids treat every day like a lung day workout, just really stress testing that diaphragm and the vocal chords.