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Finding Europe's quiet areas

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News Published 29 Apr 2014 Last modified 20 Feb 2017

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Photo: © Travis Isaacs

At least 110 million people are adversely affected by noise from Europe’s busiest roads alone. People need to escape this pollution and access quiet places to work, relax and live a healthy life. Such ‘quiet areas’ should be protected under EU legislation, but how does this work in practice?