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Machineries

Overview

Increasing industrial activities with multiple productivity of goods by the extensive use of machineries resulted in extension of industries in rural areas, also the cause of increase in noise disturbance and heat accumulation.

The effects of this activity are:

  • causes for irritation to daily activities
  • cause for boilermaker's disease and hearing loss
  • anxiety, nervousness and loss of sleep
  • presbycusis
  • sociocusis
  • schizophonia
  • excess heat emitted will return to environment, thus increasing mean surrounding temperature, leading to thermal pollution
  • certain hazardous materials which is part of the machine (i.e. cadmium in nuclear factor regulator) may wear off and released to environment

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