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Noise Pollution- A Silent Killer
Noise pollution did not create much public concern due to ignorance about the treacherous effect of noise on both workers in industry in particular and the public in the community in general. It is, therefore, imperative to assess the environment in which the noise is being heard by using suitable bases of judgement and awareness to determine whether or not a definite nuisance exists. Noise is an important environmental pollutant like noxious gases that befoul our air, water and soil. It destroys bridges and produces cracks in buildings. The noise can cause skin and mental diseases. It has been revealed that noise is a technology generated problem and that the overall noise doubles every ten years keeping pace with our social and industrial progress. This geometric progression-wise growth of noise could be mind-boggling in view of the ever increasing pace of technological growth. According to Robert Koch a Nobel Prize Winner German bacteriologist.
“A day will come man will have to fight merciless noise as the worst enemy of health”.
According to him “ Noise Like Smog is a Slow Agent of Death.”
Source of Noise Pollution
Noise is a major factor of environmental pollution; on the one hand, industrialization, sc ientific and technological developments have contributed a great deal to the progress of society, on the other, these are main causes of environmental pollution, including noise pollution. As the day rises, the noise level in the different parts of the city increase in and around work places and homes. The peak noise levels are reached in the twilight hours as traffic reaches a peak. In India, the problem caused by noise pollution is more aggravated in view of the fact that there is hardly any celebration, festival, “A day will come man will have to fight merciless noise as the worst enemy of health”marriage or religious function, where there is no use of loud speakers at a very high pitch continuously for a long time. In offices also there is noise pollution due to clicking of typewriters, bells, ringing telephones, clattering office machines and conversations. On the road, noise pollution exists due to growing automobiles, screeching tyres, squealing brakes, screaming sirens, blaring televisons and radios, and blasting horns. Another major factor contributing to the noise pollution in India is that in many of the cities, the industrial and commercial units are either not very far from the residential areas, or they are sometimes set up in the residential areas.