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Norwegians celebrate end of noisy bitcoin mine
Photo credit: Roger Brown by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition DL News reports that residents of Stokmarknes in northern Norway are glad that a noisy bitcoin mine closed. The facility had loud air cooling systems, making noise that local residents described...
Airport neighbors report restless nights of sleep
Photo credit: Stas Knop by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Readers of our posts already know that there are studies that link aircraft noise to loss of sleep, but I...
Apple’s new AirPods Pro 2 will double as a hearing aid
Photo credit: Artem Podrez by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition CNN reports that Apple’s new Airpods Pro 2 will double as a hearing aid. The Food and Drug Administration has approved software that will allow the new generation of Airpods to be used as...
National Protect Your Hearing Month
Photo credit: Afta Putta Gunawan by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition October is National Protect Your Hearing Month. As I have written before, I’m ambivalent about special months or days, whether for health topics or even such favorites as Mother’s Day or...
‘Noisy, hungry data centers’
Photo credit: Field Engineer by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Sean Patrick Cooper’s New York Times opinion article is titled: “Data Centers Make Terrible Neighbors.”...
Finally, sound advice about protecting your ears!
Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition There is a lot of bad hearing health advice in the media and online. In blog posts, I have chided those citing the industrial-strength National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health...
A new “silent” wind turbine
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 My introduction to noisy windmills, yes, windmills, not wind turbines, came over 40 years ago when I was...
Madrid halts concerts after noise complaints
Photo credit: Shelagh Murphy by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Reports in The Guardian (United Kingdom) and other news outlets describe how concert noise at Madrid’s renovated Santiago Bernabeu stadium spurred the stadium’s neighbors to action. The...
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...
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...
Recent article suggests headphones can be safe. That’s wrong.
Photo credit: Nicholas Githiri by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The full headline in Griffin Wayne’s recent HuffPost article is: "Certain headphones are safer for your ears. Doctors share the best ones for adults and kids." The headline is probably...
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...