Some 700 people die from the effect of noise generated stress in the Netherlands every year, the Telegraaf reports on Tuesday, quoting research by EU scientists.

The paper says one in four people are regularly irritated by noise from traffic or their neighbours and 700,000 people suffer noise-related stress. ‘Politicians don’t do much to relieve this growing problem,’ the paper quoted un-named experts as saying.
‘Internal noise, such as chairs being scraped along the floor, music, footsteps and ventilation systems is one of the biggest causes of illness in the country,’ Lucas Keizer, of the Dutch noise insulation centre KGI told the paper, confirming the EU findings.