ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GUIDELINES ON COMMUNITY NOISE

摘要

The WHO report entitled Guidelines for Community Noise establishes health-based guideline values of noise exposure, for which no adverse effects of community noise exposure on human health would be expected. The guidelines provide guidance on various levels of risk to public health. This concept allows countries to adopt their own level of noise control, according to affordability and technical feasibility versus public health risks. It also recommends that community noise exposure be managed through the use of environmental health impact analyses and adequate land-use and traffic-system planning.