Sunday, March 4, 2007

NOISE; COSTING THE EARTH

Noise pollution a major issue concerning environment. Reports from scientists and environmentalists determined that people are more prone to heart attacks and accidents. The intellectual capabilities are less. Even I have experienced the ill effects of noise. I was living with my Grandparents for one year in an area near to the airport. I got less marks that year as compared to when I was living with my parents in a calm and silent housing society. So I felt like writing a response to the article.
Noise pollution has become a major concern for the WHO. It affects the health of the people. It also leads to problems like memory loss, hearing loss and even leads to high blood pressure. Noise pollution constitutes a significant factor of annoyance and distraction
It is a major concern for the society because the people who are troubled due to noise pollution will try to take some action which could lead to conflicts. High noise levels may interfere with the natural cycles of animals, including feeding behavior, breeding rituals and migration paths. The most significant impact of noise to animal life is the systematic reduction of usable habitat, which in the case of endangered species may be an important part of the path to extinction. Perhaps the most sensational damage caused by noise pollution is the death of certain species of beached whales, brought on by the extremely loud (up to 200 decibels) sound. These are scientifically proven results and so they ought to be true.


MIRIAM O’REILLY
Costing the Earth confronts accepted views on the environment. I think the programme consistently manages to get the real story and tell it in a way that makes people care.'

Miriam O'Reilly







These conditions definitely need improvement. Nargis Kayani , an environment health consultant says “The government’s advice on dealing with noisy neighbours is to knock on their door and try and sort it out with a cup of tea. Well if you lived next door to a drug dealer, they wouldn’t tell you to do that, so why do they do it with noise? I find it insulting.” In the article the presenter was trying to show that noise pollution should not be ignored but should be given special attention. The author knows what is exactly going to happen if this continues and wants to make us aware. I got the idea of what the author wanted to say and so felt like responding to it. I completely agree with the author that noise needs to be reduced so that the problems can be solved.
The scientists are trying their best to find a solution to this but unless all the 8 billion put in a serious effort noise will not be reduced. For me I would say that reducing the travelling in automobiles and the high voice sound systems need to be stopped. If the whole world stops wars and research on wildlife using sound signals which prove to be fatal then we would be able to save our world.I do not know much as regard to the other things that we need to do. But we ca follow the scientists and environmentalists. I was enlightened about noise pollution, provoked, and inspired to reduce noise pollution due to this article.

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