Belgium, (Brussels Morning) A recent assessment from the European Environment Agency (EEA) reveals that the European Commission’s targets of reducing noise by 2030 are hard to attain given the large number of people living in urban areas and exposed to noise from road traffic.
About 18 million people suffer long-term annoyance from transport noise in the EU and the Commission’s zero pollution action plan, part of the European Green Deal, aims to reduce the number of people chronically disturbed by transport noise by 30% by 2030, compared to 2017 levels.
Long-term exposure to noise harms physical and mental health.
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