Thursday, July 10, 2008

How Does One Get Sleep ??


To those as promised,remember noise is a complicated matter; When experiencing the continual problems in regard to NOISE, it's up to the DEC officers to attend and monitor, they are the one's being paid to do so. It's time to start getting them out of their warm beds, I'm sure they'll be happy to oblige.

Noise is defined in the Noise Act to include vibration of any frequency, whether transmitted through air or any other physical medium. Noise is Pollution - direct or indirect that cause alterations to the Environment. *Noise-Sensitive premises, eg residences.

The assigned levels have been carefully designed to ensure that noise levels vary depending on the time of day, being lower at at night when people are more sensitive to noise. (And Would Appreciate some Sleep) The problem we have , it seems the DEC neglected to inform industry about being compliant.
The Compliance is, "noise emitted from any premises when received at other premises must not cause, or significantly contribute to a level of noise which exceeds the assigned level". Regulations state that the noise charter must be "free" of annoying characteristics, namely- Tonality; Whining; Droning; Modulation; Impulsiveness,eg banging and thumping.

This should apply to the running of the conveyor belts and associated belt warning signals
( alarm) at CBH, or any other company using this type of equipment impeding on communities quality of life. We not only have concerns for communities health but also workers.

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Effects of Noise Pollution; it has already been stated that continuous exposure to noise pollution leads to hearing impairment but it has various other effects as well.

* It can result into increased BLOOD PRESSURE
* INCREASED STRESS * STOMACH ULCERS *VERTIGO *HEADACHES * ANNOYANCE
* SLEEP DISTURBANCES *SPEECH PROBLEMS * AGGRESSION *ANXIETY
* WITHDRAWAL *DYSGRAPHIA, which means writing and learning impairment.
* FATIGUE

Industrial Noise adversely affects the workers and they can suffer from various health problems. High volume leads to increased adrenaline levels, which leads to the constriction of blood vessels if individuals are tense or anxious. Statistically there has been a considerable increase in the number of workers dying from cardiac arrests, Cerebral attacks are on the increase considerably due to industrial noise pollution in different areas.

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