Increase Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

"This study is important because it says that both air pollution and noise pollution represent important health problems," said Dr. Philip Harber, a professor of public health at the University of Arizona who was not involved in the research. "In the past, some air pollution studies have been dismissed because critics said it was probably the noise pollution that caused the harm, and vice versa. Now we know that people who live near highways, for instance, are being harmed by air pollution and by noise pollution." (article) Both fine-particle air pollution and noise pollution may increase a person's risk of developing cardiovascular disease, in which both factors were considered simultaneously. To determine the association of the two variables with cardiovascular risk, the researchers looked at thoracic aortic calcification which is a measure of subclinical atherosclerosis.

Article: Air Pollution and Noise Pollution Increase Cardiovascular Risk