Assessment of Noise Pollution From Sawmill Activities in Ilorin, Nigeria

Aremu, Adeniyi Saheed; Olukanni, DO

doi:10.4314/njt.v34i1.9

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“…This indicates that majority (90.6%) of the sampled respondents were between the age of 20 and 49 years (economic active age). This is in support of Aremu et al (2015) that about 80% of the respondents under study fall within the active age groups of 14-57 years.…”

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Environmental Noise Pollution and its Impacts on the Hearing Ability of Men and Women in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Tunde

Abdulquadri

2021

Tanz. J. Sci.

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Noise is an environmental disturbance that has harmful effects on the physiological and psychological lives of human beings and animals. This work examined the perceived health implications associated with noise pollution on both genders in Ilorin, Nigeria. It specifically identified the major sources of noise pollution, assessed noise pollution levels in the selected areas and determined the differences in the impacts of noise pollution on the health of both genders in Ilorin. A total of 384 respondents were sampled. Sound Level Meter (SLM) was used to ascertain the levels of noise in the study areas. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA were used to analyze the gathered data. Findings revealed that 73.2% of the respondents believed that traffic constitutes the highest source of noise pollution while others include music studios (63.3%), hotels/night clubs (52.1%) and power generating sets (50%). Noise levels were higher than the acceptable recommended noise level of 65 decibels for commercial and 55 decibels for commercial/residential locations by NESREA. Findings further revealed that males are more susceptible to the effects of noise pollution than females. Hence, possible mitigation measures such as noise pollution regulatory policy enactment and design of noise absorbing structures are strongly recommended Keywords: Diseases, Gender, Health Risks, Impacts, Noise.

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confidence: 83%

Environmental Noise Pollution and its Impacts on the Hearing Ability of Men and Women in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Tunde

Abdulquadri

2021

Tanz. J. Sci.

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“…Other noise associated problems include anxiety (20%), hearing difficulties (19%) and forgetfulness among others. These findings were slightly lower than that obtained by Aremu et al, (2015)in Ilorin among sawmill workers, wherethe commonest complaints were "tinnitus (96.6%), headache (86.6%) and hearing loss (71.9%)". Fewer complaintsof annoyance (3.3%), difficulty in concentration (2.5%), and diplacusis (1.8%) were also observed.…”

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“…In a Tanzanian city of Morogoro, Gaganija, et al, reported that up 91% of the residents in the area were experiencing disturbing levels of noise and about 86% of them are aware of its health effects. In Nigeria most of the work on noise pollution focused either on occupational noise exposure or they consider some specific forms of environmental noise pollution for example a work by Ekata (2016) on the awareness and exposure to generator noise pollution; Ibrahimet al, (2014) on noise pollution among workers in wheat processing plant and Aremu, et al, (2015) work on noise exposure sawmill workers among other similar studies.…”

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Exposure and Consequences of Noise Pollution Among Residents of Bichi Town, Kano State, Nigeria

Gadanya¹,

Buhari²

2021

FJS

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Environmental pollution is the most important public health problem densely in populated areas in the developing countries and often the underlying cause of many diseases of public health importance. Noise pollution is an undesirable sound that interferes with wellbeing in the environment with significant effects. With the current rapid growth and technological advancement, noise pollution is increasingly becoming environmental menace that deserves appropriate attention in order to mitigate its health effects. This paper aims to determine the sources, awareness and health effects of noise pollution in a typical Nigerian sub-urban population. Descriptive cross-sectional study using interviewer administered questionnaire and measurement of environmental noise using acoustic metre. Majority of the respondents (75.8%) were exposed to noise levels above the 55dB WHO safe noise level without health effects. Power generators, automobiles and grinding machines are the commonest sources of noise pollution in the studied environment amounted to a value of 55.8%, 40% and 35.8% respectively and to a lesser extent hawker (16.4%) and loudspeaker (9.6%) among others. Sleep disturbance, headache, and poor concentration were commonly reported effects of noise in the environment with magnitudes of 52.7%, 50.9%, 15.8% respectively. Anxiety (12.1%) and hearing disturbances (11.5%) were also common. Noise pollution associated health problems are common in the community with significant effects on the quality of life of the inhabitants. Stable power supply, effective legislation and improvement in living condition of the people are key to minimize noise pollution and avert its deleterious health effects.

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“…The effect of noise included tinnitus (96.6%), headache (86.6%) and hearing impairment (71. 9%).The machines were the sources of noise [43]. Manufacturing sectors in Thika District, Kenya were polluted by noise which could cause interference in speech intelligibility, ear infection and trauma [44].…”

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Health Effects caused by Noise - The Case of Africa: Evidence in Literature from the Past 25 Years

Osei

Effah

2022

AJARR

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This narrative review paper is centred on researches conducted in Africa from the past Twenty-Five (25) years which reveals the health effects caused by noise pollution. Noise pollution has become a global menace. The various areas of noise reception, the health effects reported, sources, noise and exposure levels identified are described. Consistencies and discrepancies among results of various researches are elaborated. Finally, the implications of findings and any new research fields spotted are spelt out.

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Assessment of Noise Pollution From Sawmill Activities in Ilorin, Nigeria

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Environmental Noise Pollution and its Impacts on the Hearing Ability of Men and Women in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Environmental Noise Pollution and its Impacts on the Hearing Ability of Men and Women in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Exposure and Consequences of Noise Pollution Among Residents of Bichi Town, Kano State, Nigeria

Health Effects caused by Noise - The Case of Africa: Evidence in Literature from the Past 25 Years

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