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NOISE POLLUTION

NOISE POLLUTION. JOSÉ MORENO. The word noise comes from the Latin word nausea meaning seasickness. The World Health Organization on the effects of noise :

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NOISE POLLUTION

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  1. NOISE POLLUTION JOSÉ MORENO

  2. The word noise comes from the Latin word nausea meaning seasickness.

  3. The World Health Organization on the effects of noise: • Noise seriously harms human health and interferes with people’s daily activities at school, at work, at home and during leisure time. • Traffic noise alone is harming today the health of almost every third American

  4. Noise pollution (or environmental noise) is displeasing human-, animal- or machine-created sound that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life. • A common form of noise pollution is from transportation, principally motor vehicles.

  5. Pain and hearing fatigue • Hearing impairment • Annoyance • Interferences with social behavior (aggressiveness, protest and helplessness) • Interference with speech communication; • Sleep disturbance and all its consequences on a long and short term basis • Cardiovascular effects • Hormonal responses (stress hormones) and their possible consequences on human metabolism (nutrition) and immune system • Performance at work and school.

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