Imagine yourself in an open field full with trees, grass and streams of water, birds singing, the wind is blowing, waves crashing. All these sounds are soothing and and comforting to the ear. Not only does it comfort you, it gives a positive vibes, a connection and a mild spirit.
Now let's snap out of our imagination and welcome to the reality. In this era we are introduced to different kinds of noise from different machines that produces different sounds and they cause noise pollution.
Noise pollution is an excessive sound That have a damage effect or irritate our ears, they usually affect our health and the environment.
Most times this sound are produced by our generator, our speakers (home theater), vehicle and even grinding machine. We become so use to this sound because we don't have an option has to how people and things should be.
There is an amazing way the human system works, one time you are complaining about the noise before you know it your body just get use to the noise.
Welcome to Nigeria my country where we are all use to the noise, we are the producer and consumer of noise.
When there is no power supply the noise from the generator is enough to wake a dead man or should we even talk about the music we listen to. Normally music is used to easy ones stress and make one feel relaxed but here it's a pollution because the volume would be tune up that you can hardly hear the Knock on the door.
We become so worried when everywhere becomes quite ( Angel don pass).
Presently I live close to a hotel, the noise the hotel produces from their music to the generator they put on till dawn is so disturbing and it irritates my ear.
During the weekend they usually have night party that last till day break, I don't sleep anymore I hear the music and th generator sound in my dreams.
The only way I reduced the effect of the noise is by closing my windows although that doesn't prevent the noise but it reduces the effect. To be honest it not a funny experience living in a noisy environments.
Compare to my formal area that was so quiet that I can even hear the sound ofa pin that fall, here I can't even hear myself.
Like every other forms of pollution noise pollution is toxic and damaging to our health. We can't stop noise pollution completely but we can caution ourselves to prevent too much noise.when we have the interest of others at heart we would turn down the volume of music and not use it to disturb the peace of others.
