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– Quiet Coalition Founder and Chair Dr. Daniel Fink
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Offshore wind farm construction makes lobsters’ hearts skip a beat
Photo credit: Pixabay by Halimat Olunlade, Social Media Manager, Quiet Communities News outlet Vermont Public published an article last fall that sheds light on another sonic issue impacting marine wildlife: pile driving. Pile driving involves driving long steel posts...
New York townships sue FAA over airport noise
Photo credit: Asad Photo Maldives by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition and Abigail Harrison, Editor, Quiet Communities Two townships in New York State have filed a joint lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration alleging that over a million...
Loud restaurants may endanger hearing
Photo credit: Kyle Lui by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition CNET reports that loud restaurants may endanger the hearing of patrons and workers alike. This is not new information. Restaurant noise has been an issue for years. Research presented at the...
These communities pulled the plug on pickleball
Photo credit: City of Greenville, North Carolina, licensed under PDM 1.0 by Kathleen Romito, MD, member, Quiet Communities Scientific Advisory Council My dad always told us kids, "If you make a mistake, just fess up and move on." Recently, two communities finally...
Noise pollution threatens endangered whales
Photo credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by Abigail Harrison, Editor, Quiet Communities The proliferation of oil and gas drilling in the Gulf Of Mexico will threaten an endangered whale species, an environmental group argued in the United States...
Cate Blanchett hates leaf blowers
Photo credit: Vlad Vasnetsov by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Architectural Digest reports on Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett’s decades-long fight against leaf blowers. Although the fight is against all leaf blowers, I suspect that gas-powered leaf blowers...
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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