​Noise is annoying – but can it also make you infertile?

A new study has found a link between lengthy exposure to low traffic noise or its equivalent and male fertility problems. But how worried should we be?You don’t have to live under a flight path or next to a nightclub to be bothered by noise. Surprisingly low levels of noise – above 55 decibels (the equivalent of light traffic or an air conditioner) – especially at night is not only annoying but detrimental to health. Noise pollution is, warns the World Health Organization, a gr