Noise pollution

Noise pollution

Neiva is entering into a city with high rates in noise pollution, the noise emissions that threaten the health and safety of living things or the enjoyment of nature, to the point that modern societies living with noiseand unfortunately we have become accustomed to it.

Noise pollution increases as growing urban development increasingly affecting the quality of life of its inhabitants, many citizens are unaware of their effects, not taken into account. The cause noise nuisance can be very different nature, depending on the intensity and duration there of. For example in strategic sectors of our city as the race second, the Beltway, the race seventh, Avenue twenty-six, and so on. These places there are much traffic, too much noise from the whistles of the cars, businesses and the persons in who they have informal jobs.

The main consequences are the hearing problems, harmful effects on our health as sleep disorders and respiratory rate, tachycardia, nausea, headache, irritability, decreased sex drive and work performance, fatigue, fatigue, isolation, psychological stress, disorders in the body, cardiovascular, etc...

Possible solutions:

• Do not abuse the use of headphones that can directly damage the ears.
• Decrease the sounds that we can control, such as televisions, stereos, radios, etc... . Avoiding using noisy appliances like vacuum cleaners, lawn mowers, car sirens, power tools, etc…
• Use special materials that absorb the noise (cork, rubber, foam).
• Move away from potential sources of noise.
• Improved combustion systems (engines) and industrial (machine) to operate and generate less noise.
• Wear earprotection (earplugs, earmuffs).