By Jocelyn Davidson


One of the most controversial industrial practices is offshore drilling. On top of preventing potential spills and hazards to the ecosystem, companies have to have proper drilling noise control in order to stay in business. Sonic pollution is equally impactful on the environment as any oil spill, since it can highly damage the marine life's abilities to navigate, communicate, and locate food. This pollution seems to be highly connected to whales and dolphins accidentally ending up on beaches all over the world.

Researchers have addressed this common loud sound problem in recent years. Apart from marine life, they believe that loud sound is also damaging to humans when both continuous and in short bursts. Human hearing is highly affected from loud sound. This could occur even through home appliances, music, vehicular noise, and manufacturing processes.

Humans should realize how damaging noise pollution is to their hearing. Even though damage can certainly be temporary, constant damage like this will eventually degrade your hearing abilities. Sound at 80 decibels, although 70 is enough to be comprehended as loud sound, will start to be hazardous to hearing and can result in temporary impairment. When this gets to 100, however, the damage to hearing is permanent.

On top of hearing, noise pollution can negatively affect cognitive functions like reading and learning in the long run. Comprehension and problem solving capabilities will also decline as well. This pollution can also be a great distraction when trying to work on a daily basis. Research on child development has shown that loud sound will also produce low cognitive development. This is evident in schools near highways compared to schools in quieter settings.

Noise pollution will eventually damage the heart as well. Research has been done, and it shows that blood pressure rises due to impairment of arteries and blood flow. Heart rates will also increase, especially in children. When these children have constantly high heart rates, they can eventually develop cardiovascular diseases.

You can lose a lot of sleep when you're exposed to sound pollution. If you're distracted from a good night's sleep, you end up feeling very irritable throughout your day. This will be highly detrimental to your daily activities, including at work and in your social life. Your work performance will most likely fall, as you cannot keep up with the busy day of productivity. Your social life will falter as well, as you won't have the patience to deal with people when you are feeling as you do because of lack of sleep.

The average noise level in an obviously disruptive environment is 50 to 60 decibels. People cannot communicate well when this happens. This is because they will not be able to comprehend what each other is saying, and can misunderstand certain words.

All of these detrimental factors will lead to high stress levels. Unfortunately, constant stress can cause mental issues for some people, even aggression. Less extreme cases of stress will still negatively affect your daily live. You might experience chronic headaches, anxiety, tension, and possibly mental or emotional imbalance.




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