Noise : a sound "that comes at the wrong time and in the wrong place"

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According to the Federal Office for the Environment's report on noise exposure, one in ten people in Switzerland lives in a place where the noise pollution threshold is exceeded, with serious consequences for health and quality of life. In Marseille, residents of working-class neighborhoods are particularly exposed to intense noise pollution. Contributions from Luca Pattaroni, professor at the Laboratory of Urban Sociology.