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प्रश्न
What is noise pollution? What harm does noise pollution do to human beings?
उत्तर
Noise pollution is done by extreme noise done by the industrial sector, transport, loudspeakers, etc., which adversely affect human health causing severe headache, migraine, mental disbalance, nervous breakdown, heart diseases.
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