Share on Pinterest the_guitar_mann/Getty Images. Pollution occurs when a contaminant enters the environment, causing undesirable effects. There are several types of pollution, including: air pollution ...

Noise pollution affects approximately 30 million workers in the United States. Here's why its detrimental health effects deserve your attention. Several months ago, I awoke at midnight to the grating ...

The most pressing environmental crisis of these times, our heating of the Earth through carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas pollution, is closely connected to our excessive energy consumption. And ...

Noise pollution is bad for humans and awful for wildlife. Here's what it is, how it affects animals, and how you can help. As a journalist, Gabriella Sotelo covers the environment, climate change, and ...

Last June, an anti-noise advocacy group, Quiet Communities, sued the Environmental Protection Agency for not doing its job to limit the loud sounds people are exposed to in everyday life. The group is ...

Noise - it's a part of life. (SOUNDBITE OF CARS BEEPING) HUANG: The sounds you hear most may depend on where you live - a rural community versus urban, city or suburbs - but a completely quiet home in ...

Like air pollutants and exposure to hazardous waste, noise pollution is not distributed evenly, a new study led by campus researchers found. The study is the first to assess social inequalities, such ...

Residents of the area around Schiphol, a densely populated zone, have regularly complained about the airport's noise nuisance - Copyright ANP/AFP ARTHUR VAN DER KOOIJ ...