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– Quiet Coalition Founder and Chair Dr. Daniel Fink

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We’re sick of noise pollution

We’re sick of noise pollution

Photo credit: Sergei Starostin by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of Stan Cox’s article on the Naked Capitalism website is: "We’re getting sick of noise pollution," but I might prefer: "We’re getting sick from noise pollution." Or, maybe both...

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Vermont city trying to protect residents from F-35s

Vermont city trying to protect residents from F-35s

Photo credit: Staff Sgt. Madelyn Brown, U.S. Department of Defense by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Residents in Chittenden County, Vermont, have been complaining for...

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Seas too loud for orcas

Seas too loud for orcas

Photo credit: ArtHouse Studio by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies We learn in this article by James Urton that the sounds from both large and small ships are creating a...

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Think about honking if you ❤️ conceptual art

Think about honking if you ❤️ conceptual art

Photo credit: Joey Lu by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Think about honking if you ❤️ conceptual art. That’s the bumper sticker I saw in a parking lot recently. Judging from the 2014 date and mention of the Walker Art Center, I think it’s referring to a...

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What is quiet travel?

What is quiet travel?

Photo credit: Leah Newhouse by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Writer Natalie Gale discusses quiet travel on The Good Trade, a Los Angeles-based independent lifestyle publication providing readers with editorials on sustainability, slow living and...

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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