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– Quiet Coalition Founder and Chair Dr. Daniel Fink
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Is it OK to shush people in public?
Photo credit: Clément Proust by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The New York Times’ student-oriented publication on The Learning Network, offered by The Times to teachers and students, asks, “Is it OK to shush people who are noisy in public?" The subhead...
It’s Earth Day
Photo credit: Bri Schneiter by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition April 22 is Earth Day. I didn’t know there was an actual Earth Day organization, or that there was a theme for each Earth Day. This year’s theme is: “Our Power, Our Planet," calling for...
Tapping one’s fingers in a noisy room?
Photo credit: Edoardo Tommasini by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Science Alert website reported on research suggesting that tapping one’s fingers in a steady rhythm could help one better understand speech in a noisy environment. In the respected...
New Jersey residents fight jet noise
Photo credit: NAUSHIL | SKYHAWK. ASIA by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Pascack Press reported that residents of the small township of Washington, New Jersey continue to speak out against “the persistent jet noise that plagues the Pascack Valley."...
Paris said ‘au revoir’ to cars. Air pollution was reduced
Photo credit: Elina Sazonova by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I recently wrote about Paris closing more than 500 streets to vehicular traffic in order to reduce transportation noise. The Washington Post just reported that a beneficial side effect of...
Aqueduct Racetrack cancels races because of noise risk
Photo credit: Ajfidelity, licensed under the Public Domain by Jeanine Botta, MPH, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition On Sunday, March 30, the New York Racing Association cancelled eight scheduled races at Aqueduct Racetrack because noise from a nearby event had the...
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“I am seeing a lot more interest and growing awareness about the adverse impacts of noise on health and I hope this will lead to policies that will be focused on noise abatement… Organizations such as Quiet Communities have made an impact on educating people to the dangers of noise and suggesting ways that we can reduce noise pollution.”
– Arline Bronzaft, PhD