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Coloradans file noise complaints over music venue
Photo credit: George Webster by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The new outdoor Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs has not been welcomed by nearby residents, according...
Upcoming UECNA webinar on noise
Photo credit: fauxels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Our friends at the European Union Against Aircraft Nuisances, or UECNA, announced a webinar about the effects of ultrafine particles and low frequency noise on humans. The speaker will be Dr. Ourania...
The federal government values prevention in (some) health care
Photo credit: sl wong by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Reuters reported last month that the Federal Food and Drug Administration is seeking to lower sodium levels in processed food. This effort is based on recent research showing that cutting salt intake...
Summer Break
Photo credit: G. M. Briggs We are taking a short break to enjoy the end of the summer. See you on Tuesday, September 3.
Archer Aviation reveals LA vertiport sites
Photo credit: Roberto Nickson by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The AIN Media Group website reported that Archer Aviation has announced planned vertiport sites in Los Angeles. Archer plans to launch an eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) network...
New Jersey Girl Scouts focus on noise pollution
Photo credit: Longxiang Qian by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The author of this article, Lori Comstock, informs us that people living in North Jersey have easy access...
Why NASCAR drivers put earplugs in their mouths
Photo credit: Alfred GF by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition To rephrase the headline of a recent article on the SportsRush website: Why do NASCAR drivers put their earplugs in their mouths before their ears? The answer is simple. It's to lubricate the...
Major east coast cities struggle with noise pollution
Photo credit: Markus Spiske by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Writer Ricardo Kaulessar starts his article in northjersey.com by reporting on how a student soccer game...
How one air taxi became quiet
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Engineering.com website reports on how one air taxi manufacturer worked to make its battery-powered electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) quiet. The Joby Aviation S4 “hexacopter”...
Will a car-free olympics be good for Los Angeles?
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As reported by ABC-7 and then The New York Times, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has promised a car-free Olympics in 2028. Will this be good for Los Angeles? Is this even possible? I grew up in Newark,...
Corporate denial of aircraft noise pollution
Photo credit: Azim Islam by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Our blog readers are familiar with my comments that individuals living with aircraft noise say that...
Road traffic noise linked to hypertension
Photo credit: Hà Quốc Lập by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Apologies in advance for a digression into medical terminology, but it’s important for understanding the implications of this blog post’s title, which comes from a paper from Susan Hansell’s...