BMJ: Noise impact on health

This recent British Medical Journal study highlights the negative impacts of noise pollution on health - with stats showing significant, and sometimes fatal, impacts (3rd November 2025).

Key stats include:

• Noise pollution affects over 100 million people in Europe and is estimated to contribute to around 12 000 premature deaths and the loss of over one million healthy life years annually.

• Long term exposure to environmental noise is associated with a wide range of adverse health outcomes, including sleep disturbance and cardiovascular diseases

• Effective management requires a multidisciplinary approach at the patient, provider, and policy levels to restore health, restrict exposure, reduce noise at its source, or, as a last resort, remodel the receiver’s environment

You can read the full report, here.