Frightening Study: Noise kills 12,000 people in Europe every year

One in five Europeans is exposed to harmful levels of noise pollution, and this number is expected to increase over the next decade, with road traffic considered to be the biggest wrongdoer, the newest study has revealed.

Too much noise can cause mental and physical illness, and it is linked to high levels of heart disease, stress, and insomnia. About 12,000 premature deaths are caused by noise per year in Europe, according to the European Agency of Environment. [ EEA], while the noise contributes to 48 thousand cases of wasic heart disease.

Natural life is also infected: a study in the past year showed that noise prevents birds from communicating, and may stop them from joining and multiplying with other birds, writes The Guardian, records Periscope.

In the EEA report, he warned in a report Thursday that even more people were likely to be infected by harmful noise levels in the future as a result of increased urbanisation and furniture.

It is estimated throughout Europe that some 113 million people are infected by high levels of road traffic noise reaching over 55 decibels - three times the level at which noise is considered harmful to human health, according to the World Health Organization.

Meanwhile, Kosovo is completely unconturbed about such a problem. /Periscope