American Academy of Nursing Consensus Statement on Noise

1. Omission of environmental noise exposure in clinical health assessments (United States Preventive Services Taskforce, 2021);
2. Failure to protect neighborhoods, especially those housing people disadvantaged from environmental noise (Joan A. Casey et al., 2017a);
3. Little to no guidance and assistance to state and local governments with surveillance and policies from federal agencies since the defunding of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Noise Abatement and Control (American Public Health Association, 2021); (Defunded in 1982).
4. Lack of attention by U.S. Congress and state legislatures on the health effects of environmental noise resulting in little regulation (National Academy of Engineering, 2010);
5. Noise guidelines that have not been updated for decades (Eichwald et al., 2021);
6. Lack of coordination of noise-related activities between localities, states, and the federal government (National Academies of Sciences, 2010);
7. Absence of federal recommendations, guidelines, and standards for non-occupational noise exposure (Fink, 2021)...

(McCollagh, et al., 2026)