Noise pollution is becoming a public health menace

Noise can have a major impact on people's well-being, according to the new Frontiers Report published in the United Nations Environment Program.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Pakistani commuters sit in their vehicles in a traffic jam on a main boulevard in Islamabad, 08 August 2005. Pakistan has seen an annual 46 percent growth in car production over the past three years. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP via Getty Images) Source: AFP / FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP via Getty Images