Mad About The Noise, Time , July. However, its effects are often overlooked or underestimated by the public.
Noise pollution can have tremendous psychological effects on people.
In some cases, individuals are forced to change their place of residence when the source of the disturbance is a recalcitrant neighbor. Such situations have led to the formation of alliances against noise pollution such as the Noise Network, an organization formed by Valerie Gibson, a former resident of London who was forced to relocate. More disturbing repercussions of noise pollution end in violence. Greece, considered the noisiest nation in Europe according to a 1996 study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, was the location for just such an event. He reached his breaking point, shooting two of the neighbors, killing one and wounding the other.