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Dutch court blocks flight cuts at Schiphol
Photo credit: Daniel Kist by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies I have previously informed our readers that Amsterdam’s government was planning to reduce flights at Schiphol...
Noise newsletter covers winds farms, road soundproofing
Photo credit: Tom Swinnen by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The Bottom Rung Summer 2024 Newsletter is now online. This newsletter is published four times a year and is...
Rural Texas community says crypto-mining harms health
Photo credit: RDNE Stock project by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Many people move to rural areas to escape noise, only to discover that noise soon finds them. Texas...
Sound barriers can reduce traffic noise
Photo credit: Kaique Rocha by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Hearing Review recently reported on research about improving sound barriers to reduce traffic noise pollution. The article reported on original research done in China and published open...
Workplaces are still too loud
Photo credit: Kindel Media by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Craig Hale’s article in techradar is titled: “Feeling unproductive at work.” In it, Hale informs us that...
Why are restaurants so loud?
Photo credit: Burak The Weekender by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition In a recent podcast, Gastropod asks a question we’ve wondered about, too. Why are restaurants so loud? Gastropod is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network, and is supported in part by 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