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On 16 March 2021, BBC Online reported on negative health effects linked to noise pollution. The article claims that living near an airport or motorway has been shown to have a negative impact on our health. This is also confirmed by scientists who point to the effects of noise on humans. This claim is true. The author Cypress Hansen, a scientific journalist, published the article originally in Knowable Magazine and republished it in various media, such as BBC Online. Her claim is based on various statistics that prove the specific health effects people get after being exposed to noise. Hansen’s main source is the findings of Thomas Münzel, a cardiologist at the University Medical Center of Mainz in Germany. Fig. 1: Screenshot of the examined BBC Article. (Source: BBC Online) The article states that traffic noise was considered one of the major physiological stressors, right after air pollution and about the same as exposure to second-hand smoke and radon. This can be confirmed by the 2011 study of Hänninen and Knol, in which traffic noise was classified in group 2 of the most important environmental risk factors. In 2017, Münzel et al. also confirmed the influence of noise on psychological processes. Furthermore, several studies confirm that unhealthy noise exposure starts at 70 db to 80 db. Even more, European and American studies confirm, that in Europe and the USA about one third of the population is exposed to such high noise levels. Night-time noise pollution Hansen claims, that citizen living near the Frankfurt Airport […] have as much as a 7 % higher risk of stroke than those living in similar but quieter neighbourhoods". He refers to the results of a case-control study
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