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Another attempt at controlling leaf blower use in Greenwich, CT
Photo credit: Rob Howard licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arnold Gordon, PhD Gas-powered leaf blowers cause many problems. They are noisy, pollute the air with carcinogens, aerosolized particulate matter and greenhouse gases, and disturb the natural leaf litter layer...
Paris launches noise radar
Photo credit: Ashley Fontana from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Guardian reports that Paris has launched the first noise radar in a bid to quiet its streets. Paris is apparently one of the world’s noisiest cities. The device isn’t really a...
Do we need a sky filled with delivery drones?
by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As Honorary Chair of Quiet American Skies, a program of Quiet Communities, I am familiar with the aircraft and helicopter noise...
UN says urban noise is a problem
Image: United Nations Environment Programme (2022). Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches – Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern. by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The United Nations Environmental Program has released its Frontiers 2022 report,...
Grassroots Connecticut group keeps up pressure to reduce highway noise
Photo credit: versageek licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Greenwich Time reports that local activists in Greenwich, Connecticut are trying to get local and state officials to deal with noise pollution from busy I-95 as it...
Personal sound zones in cars?
Photo credit: Hasan Gulec from Pexels by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition Will future cars have individual sound zones for each passenger? Scientists are exploring an algorithm that would let each passenger listen to their own audio without...
When–and how–to protect your hearing
Photo credit: Kindel Media from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The New York Times’ Wirecutter provides sound advice about protecting your hearing, citing updated information from the CDC about safe noise levels. As the Times’ resident noise...
The New Yorker on Stop The Chop NY/NJ
Photo credit: Matthis from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Helicopter noise has long received complaints from New Yorkers, but since the start of pandemic...
Food packaging has labels. How about noise labels?
Photo by Daniel Fink, MD by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Economists say that an informed consumer is a better consumer although it turns out that most consumers do a bad job of making what would appear to be rational decisions. A whole new field,...
Canadian judge silences “The Honkening”
Photo credit: Will Prentice licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition Imagine at the end of January, a convoy of honking trucks drove in and parked near your neighborhood homes, businesses, and public spaces. This...
European Commission begins train noise monitoring project
Photo credit: Nguyen Tran from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Railtech.com reports that as part of the Noise and Emissions Monitoring and Radical Mitigation...
Mild brain injuries and sound processing
This image by NIH Image Gallery is in the public domain by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition A Short Wave podcast at NPR highlights how even mild concussions or brain injuries can change how a person processes sound. These auditory problems...