Santos neighborhood residents publish pictures of “horror” noise environment

A group of residents of Lisbon neighborhood in Santos fill, once againShow how tired is the noise caused by night animation. Benefit from a A set of illustrations Which intends to show harmful effects on human health of frequent exposure to high levels of noise, this week’s residents launched the “Night’s Sleep that took us.”

Watch in the streets where the main fun institutions in this area of ​​the city are focused, the images were mainly placed in pieces of urban furniture, and the challenge of those who pass.

The campaign, organized by a group of Santos Ovio residents, is presented as a “urban exhibition”, but it warns, “Do not intend to entertain.” They explain that the goal is to “inconvenience, educate and alert authorities and visitors to the real effects of chronic noise pollution in a neighborhood that has lost its balance between local life and commercial exploitation.”

Benefiting from the passage of the “World Silence”, which was placed on May 7, the communication work aims to depict “real voice terrorism that lives daily, especially during the night” in that region. It was produced using an artificial intelligence program, and pictures of this campaign, with graphics that mimic, among other things, painter patterns such as Monet, Picasso and Matisse, are particularly tiring faces, with dark circles, indicating a high degree of despair.

These are the most obvious effects, suggest, and constant exposure to noise resulting from the restoration and functions of fun that work mainly at night and their customers.

“What is at stake is our primary right to comfort and health. This exposure is a visual cry for those who are forced to live in a vocal war area,” justifies the protest organizers, where the pictures accompanied written messages brief in Portuguese and English, describing the harmful effects of noise in health.

The quick response code indicates an address where it is described and where they like to change the situation. “The noise is part of our daily life, but silence is necessary for the human well -being. In our region, excessive noise at night has the right to sleep and comfort,” says the page related to the protest.

It was explained that “noise pollution exceeds a slight inconvenience,” which directly affects sleep, health and well -being. And he recalls that what are consequences such as increasing levels pressureSleep deprivation, and an increase in the risk of heart disease or fracture in the function of the immune system.

Therefore, it is a “quieter and healthy society.” And remember what this can mean. “Imagine waking up, comfortable, free of night noise. Imagine children who learn and grow in a quiet sleep, with sleep without interruption.

Protesting measures are organized by an unofficial group of Santos residents, but they are supported by other groups of residents from other areas of the city, who share the same concern. This is the group’s condition here Morma Gente, whose warning actions mainly depicted in Misericórdia diocese, especially in the Cais Do Sodré.

“We are completely supporting this procedure, which we are cooperating with,” he says to the audience Isabel -Saint Da Bandira, from Akoy Mora Gente. “It was done by a group of residents of that area, but there is a clear melody, approval, with several groups of residents who complain about it. This is normal, because the night noise problem in the city is spreading to other areas. People cannot sleep,” the activist complains.

In July 2022, the newly created Santos Residents Association requested the Lisbon Chamber Close bars and night clubs In 23 hours, you complain about the uncomfortable deep caused by the noise of the night related to these institutions. A situation may exacerbate a large extent after the lack of confidence in the postpartum.