Noise Kills Slowly
Doctors long ago concluded that the increased level of noise is extremely harmful to human health and can lead to irreversible changes in his body. The most susceptible to noise inhabitants of megacities, and so among them so much suffering from cardiovascular diseases.
Writes “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, with reference to the chief sanitary doctor of Moscow Nikolai Filatov, over the past decade due to increased noise levels the number of residents with heart and vascular disease has doubled or even tripled. Mosekonommonitoringa experts determined that 70% of the capital – a zone of noise discomfort, while it is on this area and home to 80% of Muscovites. The noise level in the zone exceeds the permitted limit of 20 – 50 decibels, which entails the inevitable consequences in the form of painful reactions, fatigue, reduced vision and hearing.
The main source of noise – it is highways. According to experts, quiet places in Moscow today did not exist in principle. But of all the evils should still choose the lesser, so it is best to settle away from the metropolitan transportation arteries – avenues and highways. Second, more noise there is on the upper floors, since it absorbs at the bottom of trees, different kinds of structures such as kiosks and benches for rest.
Much better to live in close proximity to the railways, especially in the Yaroslavl, Savelovsky areas and near the District. However, although the movement of trains produces from 50 to 70 decibels of noise, the citizens (and their lives in such conditions more than 440 thousand people) to fully feel it only at night.
But the highest noise levels are those residents of Moscow, who have to ride the subway. Underground is giving away 80 to 110 decibels, which automatically means the pathological changes in the body. “The noise creates tension, people quickly get tired, start indigestion. The noise affects heart and liver, and, of course, hearing aid,” – explained in the capital Rospotrebnadzor.
Many Muscovites plagued by noise, hosted the morning janitors and cleaning debris, which begin their day at 06:00 and literally dragged the residents out of bed. But the power to influence the situation is not able, because the city must be removed to 07:00, has not yet begun active traffic.
Another source of excessive noise is construction, which is close to residential homes. In the capital’s Department of Nature and Environment explained: “The concept makes noise in the 60 – 70 decibels, while the permissible level of night noise in the apartment is 45 decibels. For the noise we can fine the foreman of 40 thousand rubles. And very firm – 300 rubles. Complain too busy working, please call the hotline 205-85-62 on weekdays, from 9:00 to 17:00. According to the department, only in the last year for violating the rules were fined 35 firms.
Similar penalties apply in respect of pilots who meet the “noise attack” on residents of nearby airports and airfields homes. Dangerous to health, from this point of view of residential areas are Zelenograd, Mitino, Teply Stan, Solntsevo, Troparevo, Yasenevo, fuss, Molzhaninovsky district and others. Sometimes, especially under adverse weather conditions, pilots slightly adjust the route during takeoff and landing to reduce the path, and then the suffering population.