What is noise pollution? Explain the harmful effects of noise pollution?
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Answer:
noise pollution is the pollution caused by making noise of any substance
Explanation:
eg noise of flying if aeroplane , noise of a motor bike , a car and motor
Answer:
Explanation:
Noise pollution is an unpleasant noise created by people or machines that can be annoying, distracting, intrusive and/or physically painful.
Noise pollution comes from sources such as "road traffic, jet planes, garbage trucks, construction equipment, manufacturing processes leaf blowers and boom boxes".
Sound is measured in decibels (dB). An increase of about 10 dB is approximately double the increase in loudness.
A person's hearing can be damaged if exposed to noise level over 75 dB over a prolonged period of time. The World Health Organisation recommends that the sound level indoors should be less than 30 dB.
Causes or Impacts of noise:-
Annoyance : It creates annoyance to the receptors due to sound level fluctuations. The a-periodic sound due to its irregular occurrences causes displeasure to hearing and causes annoyance.
2. Sleeplessness
3. Loss of hearing
4. Human performance :- The working performance of worker / human will be affected as it distracts the concentration.
5. Damage to material
6. Nervous system