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Topic: noise pollution

SubscriberWrites: Unseen Menace of Noise Pollution, I want my Sleep Back.

With noise pollution becoming a growing issue causing stress and harm, it’s time to rethink honking, promote quieter cities, and raise awareness to protect our health and environment.

India has a big problem of public loudspeakers. It has even entered my bedroom now

We opened our eyes to air pollution only when we could see it in the air and feel it in our throats. We must not wait for our ears to bleed.

UP’s Moradabad world’s 2nd noisiest city on UN list, 4 more Indian cities exceed noise levels

According to WHO guidelines, the admissible noise level limits are 55 decibels. The major industrial city of Moradabad recorded a noise level of 114 decibels.

No loudspeakers in Karnataka mosques, dargahs from 10pm to 6am — state Waqf Board order

The order, dated 9 March', said increasing the ambient noise level around these structures has 'deleterious effects on human health and the psychological well-being of people'.

‘Serious threat to health’ — what Allahabad HC said in DJ ban order that SC has now stayed

Allahabad High Court had barred the authorities in August from giving permissions to DJs, calling them a ‘serious threat to human health’.

Noise pollution threatens survival of over 100 species globally, warns new study

Queen’s University Belfast researchers analysed over 100 species of birds, fish, mammals and reptilians, and found noise pollution affects their behaviour and physiology. 

Human noises create havoc for birds, even prevent them from reproducing, says new study

The study by Queen’s University Belfast is the first to establish a link between human-induced noise pollution and decline of bird population.

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