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Health position paper and redox perspectives - Disease burden by transportation noise; Noise, disease, and redox processes

Sørensen, Mette ; Pershagen, Göran ; Thacher, Jesse Daniel LU ; Lanki, Timo ; Wicki, Benedikt ; Röösli, Martin ; Vienneau, Danielle ; Cantuaria, Manuella Lech ; Schmidt, Jesper Hvass and Aasvang, Gunn Marit , et al. (2024) In Redox Biology 69.
Abstract

Transportation noise is a ubiquitous urban exposure. In 2018, the World Health Organization concluded that chronic exposure to road traffic noise is a risk factor for ischemic heart disease. In contrast, they concluded that the quality of evidence for a link to other diseases was very low to moderate. Since then, several studies on the impact of noise on various diseases have been published. Also, studies investigating the mechanistic pathways underlying noise-induced health effects are emerging. We review the current evidence regarding effects of noise on health and the related disease-mechanisms. Several high-quality cohort studies consistently found road traffic noise to be associated with a higher risk of ischemic heart disease,... (More)

Transportation noise is a ubiquitous urban exposure. In 2018, the World Health Organization concluded that chronic exposure to road traffic noise is a risk factor for ischemic heart disease. In contrast, they concluded that the quality of evidence for a link to other diseases was very low to moderate. Since then, several studies on the impact of noise on various diseases have been published. Also, studies investigating the mechanistic pathways underlying noise-induced health effects are emerging. We review the current evidence regarding effects of noise on health and the related disease-mechanisms. Several high-quality cohort studies consistently found road traffic noise to be associated with a higher risk of ischemic heart disease, heart failure, diabetes, and all-cause mortality. Furthermore, recent studies have indicated that road traffic and railway noise may increase the risk of diseases not commonly investigated in an environmental noise context, including breast cancer, dementia, and tinnitus. The harmful effects of noise are related to activation of a physiological stress response and nighttime sleep disturbance. Oxidative stress and inflammation downstream of stress hormone signaling and dysregulated circadian rhythms are identified as major disease-relevant pathomechanistic drivers. We discuss the role of reactive oxygen species and present results from antioxidant interventions. Lastly, we provide an overview of oxidative stress markers and adverse redox processes reported for noise-exposed animals and humans. This position paper summarizes all available epidemiological, clinical, and preclinical evidence of transportation noise as an important environmental risk factor for public health and discusses its implications on the population level.

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  abstract     = {{<p>Transportation noise is a ubiquitous urban exposure. In 2018, the World Health Organization concluded that chronic exposure to road traffic noise is a risk factor for ischemic heart disease. In contrast, they concluded that the quality of evidence for a link to other diseases was very low to moderate. Since then, several studies on the impact of noise on various diseases have been published. Also, studies investigating the mechanistic pathways underlying noise-induced health effects are emerging. We review the current evidence regarding effects of noise on health and the related disease-mechanisms. Several high-quality cohort studies consistently found road traffic noise to be associated with a higher risk of ischemic heart disease, heart failure, diabetes, and all-cause mortality. Furthermore, recent studies have indicated that road traffic and railway noise may increase the risk of diseases not commonly investigated in an environmental noise context, including breast cancer, dementia, and tinnitus. The harmful effects of noise are related to activation of a physiological stress response and nighttime sleep disturbance. Oxidative stress and inflammation downstream of stress hormone signaling and dysregulated circadian rhythms are identified as major disease-relevant pathomechanistic drivers. We discuss the role of reactive oxygen species and present results from antioxidant interventions. Lastly, we provide an overview of oxidative stress markers and adverse redox processes reported for noise-exposed animals and humans. This position paper summarizes all available epidemiological, clinical, and preclinical evidence of transportation noise as an important environmental risk factor for public health and discusses its implications on the population level.</p>}},
  author       = {{Sørensen, Mette and Pershagen, Göran and Thacher, Jesse Daniel and Lanki, Timo and Wicki, Benedikt and Röösli, Martin and Vienneau, Danielle and Cantuaria, Manuella Lech and Schmidt, Jesper Hvass and Aasvang, Gunn Marit and Al-Kindi, Sadeer and Osborne, Michael T. and Wenzel, Philip and Sastre, Juan and Fleming, Ingrid and Schulz, Rainer and Hahad, Omar and Kuntic, Marin and Zielonka, Jacek and Sies, Helmut and Grune, Tilman and Frenis, Katie and Münzel, Thomas and Daiber, Andreas}},
  issn         = {{2213-2317}},
  keywords     = {{Adverse redox signaling; Environmental risk factors; Non-communicable diseases; Oxidative stress and inflammation; Stress hormones; Transportation noise}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Redox Biology}},
  title        = {{Health position paper and redox perspectives - Disease burden by transportation noise; Noise, disease, and redox processes}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2023.102995}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.redox.2023.102995}},
  volume       = {{69}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}