Noise Pollution; impact on health men, animals and plants

You probably already know that since some decades the produced sound increases. And not only because there are more people, traffic and machinery. We stopped talking as humans but instead shout more often or start screaming (fear). In addition, machines produce more sound than is technically necessary.

However, we become ill due so much sound. Too high noise levels – even during a short time – damage the hearing, disrupt the sleep, decrease the learning performance, increase depression, diabetes, elevate the blood pressure and decrease resistance, unhealthy weight and raise cardiovascular diseases and epilepsy.

This happens more often than you do think, especially when you visit the cinema, a party or a festival. Especially the low-frequency tones spread far, especially in certain weather conditions and petrifaction of the environment (residential places). Consequently, a whole city area suffers from these excessive sounds during hours.

The effects of noise pollution need a long period to disappear, because the body senses the after effect and stresses by the idea of a following interference of the living circumstances.

To settle the incident as “oh but we have festivals only a few times a year”, is throwing it over the fence and roll of the impact of the problem on others, while they do not take their responsibility (from psychology standpoint this is antisocial or aggressive behavior).

Excessive sound has negative health effects to humans, animals and plants. It is often allowed by authorities, which thus contribute to more illness in society (unsustainable). This is due to misleading information allowing people in command to be deaf for the proven facts.

Even the fact that there is an upper limit to sound levels established, the maximum exemption value that the noise on a house may not cross, not even when a derogation is granted, the Government just violates it.

More information on:

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http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrageluid

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http://www.nsg.nl/nl/lawaai_een_ongezond_geluid.html

http://www.bewonersplatform-geuzenveldslotermeer.nl/downloads/20090520_Geluidshinder.html

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http://www.vogelsendewet.nl/Thema/Verstoring_

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