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.
I’ve said this ever since I found out rabbits die of stress.
You’re only allowed to use a jackhammer a certain amount of time from what it does to your body.
This environment is too loud and too much for us.