Noise pollution: Physical effects of noise pollution and governmental restrictions on it
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Noise pollution:
Physical effects of noise pollution and governmental restrictions on it
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Physical effects of noise pollution and governmental restrictions on it.
“Pollution being the most dangerous problem
Likes cancer in which death is sure but slow.”
Deepak Miglani.
Who would think that moving to the one of the nicest areas of central Prague could make your life a waking and a sleeping nightmare? Concerts, combined with the sounds of rock drills, chain saws, helicopters, cars and horses, tourists and loud music could drive everyone crazy. Could loud noise lead not only to mental, but also physical, health problems? Does the government do anything to protect citizens? To answer this question, I decided to go deeper into this problem and describe it in my research paper. Noise, a prototypical environmental stressor, has clear health effects in causing hearing problems, ringing in the ears, sleep disturbance and poor work performance. But physical health effects are less evident and much more dangerous. (Health Hearing, 2010) Disastrously, these undesirable sounds can seriously damage one 's health in a number of ways including hard illnesses, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, breathing difficulties, deafness, ulcers needless, neurosensory and motor impairment. (Agarwal, 2009) Many governments are now trying to control noise through passing noise pollution laws and regulations. For example, to protect citizens from motorcycle noise, Canadian government adopt special noise regulation according to which “anyone with a two-wheeler that emits more than 92 dB while idling and 96 dB while running can get a $250 fine.” (Health Hearing,
Noise pollution:
Physical effects of noise pollution and governmental restrictions on it
NOISE POLLUTION PAGE 2
Physical effects of noise pollution and governmental restrictions on it.
“Pollution being the most dangerous problem
Likes cancer in which death is sure but slow.”
Deepak Miglani.
Who would think that moving to the one of the nicest areas of central Prague could make your life a waking and a sleeping nightmare? Concerts, combined with the sounds of rock drills, chain saws, helicopters, cars and horses, tourists and loud music could drive everyone crazy. Could loud noise lead not only to mental, but also physical, health problems? Does the government do anything to protect citizens? To answer this question, I decided to go deeper into this problem and describe it in my research paper. Noise, a prototypical environmental stressor, has clear health effects in causing hearing problems, ringing in the ears, sleep disturbance and poor work performance. But physical health effects are less evident and much more dangerous. (Health Hearing, 2010) Disastrously, these undesirable sounds can seriously damage one 's health in a number of ways including hard illnesses, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, breathing difficulties, deafness, ulcers needless, neurosensory and motor impairment. (Agarwal, 2009) Many governments are now trying to control noise through passing noise pollution laws and regulations. For example, to protect citizens from motorcycle noise, Canadian government adopt special noise regulation according to which “anyone with a two-wheeler that emits more than 92 dB while idling and 96 dB while running can get a $250 fine.” (Health Hearing,
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