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A Comic Con for all
Photo credit: khairul nizam by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies I was delighted to read that the Gillen Brewer School, a private school on the Upper East Side of...
Bitcoin and AI endanger the environment
Photo credit: Tara Winstead by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Data processing centers for bitcoin mines and artificial intelligence (AI) endanger both health and the environment. There has been a wealth of reporting about noise from bitcoin mines and...
Singer Vanessa Carlton files noise-related lawsuit
Photo credit: Life Of Pix by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Like so any residents in the United States who have purchased homes in areas that they believed would be...
Canada’s ocean noise plan falls short of expectations
Photo credit: Jeremy Bishop by Halimat Olunlade, Social Media Manager Some might assume that noise pollution only affects humans, but a hidden crisis is unfolding beneath the waves. Manmade noise beneath the ocean’s surface creates what experts call an “acoustic...
Texas neighbors suing nearby crypto mine
Photo credit: Worldspectrum by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Here is yet another article that turns our attention to the noise generated by bitcoin mining facilities....
Hearing aid use increases in elderly, but remains low
Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition An article in JAMA Open Network from a research group at Johns Hopkins University reports that hearing aid use among the elderly has increased, but remains low. The data were collected as...
A warning about infant sound machines
Photo credit: John Finkelstein by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The U.K. publication Daily Mail reports that infant sound machines may be dangerous for babies’ neurological development. Parents used these machines to produce white noise to help babies...
Birds suffer from noise pollution
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Just as the interest in the adverse effects of noise on humans has grown, so too has the interest in the effects...
A sleepless Louisiana community battles noise pollution
Photo credit: Tom Jackson by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Louisiana Illuminator published an article by reporter Lue Palmer about noise pollution from gravel trucks along a road in a formerly quiet neighborhood in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. The...
Hearing — the social sense
Photo credit: ELEVATE by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As National Protect Your Hearing Month comes to a close, Katie Franklin, hard of hearing services coordinator for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, reminds us that...
Resident forced from home by loud music venue
Photo credit: Onur Satıcı by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Our readers know that this blog covers the impact of loud music venues on nearby communities, including in...
Enforcement can reduce loud noise
Photo credit: Josh Sorenson by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Jersey Journal reports that enforcement efforts can reduce loud noise. The title of reporter David Menzie’s article is, "Enforcement Efforts Can Reduce Loud Noise, Psychologist Says." And...