“In megacities over ten million, long-term noise exposure raises cardiovascular disease risk by 27%. This directly hinders the achievement of SDG3 (Good Health and Well-being) and SDG11 (Sustainable ...

Noise Control Council helps regulate noise pollution in NJ. Issues come before the council through resident complaints or from county or municipal health workers.

The agency also is required to implement a “comprehensive program for the control and abatement of environmental noise pollution,” consistent with the federal Noise Control Act of 1972.

Noise from roads, airports and equipment like leaf blowers has been linked with serious health impacts. Decades ago, the U.S. government passed a law limiting it, but it has no teeth.

Congress should fully fund the federal noise pollution control office. Individuals should join Noise Free America: A Coalition to Promote Quiet. Dariusz Gulanczyk, Elgin.

On the agency’s website, noise pollution is listed under the agency’s umbrella for the Clean Air Act and its Office of Noise Abatement and Control — the program that was stripped of funding in 1982.