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Photo credit: Markus Winkler by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Associated Press and other media recently covered the CDC’s report that the U.S. adult cigarette smoking rate hit a new all-time low of only 11%. That’s a decrease from 42% in the...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition We are merely forwarding an email from our UK noise colleague John Stewart about the Summer 2023 newsletter of the UK Noise Association. Among the items covered are the Noise Association’s James...
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I had forgotten that May is Better Hearing and Speech Month until a mailing arrived on May 1 from a local hearing aid center. As I have written before in The Quiet Coalition’s blog posts, I’m not a big believer in special...
Photo credit: Tony Webster licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skie As the GrowNYC board member who oversees our noise activities, I receive many...
Photo credit: Shirley de Jong licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies I am often asked by people impacted by aircraft noise when their local...
Photo credit: Cbaile19 dedicated this photo to the public domain by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition USA Today reports that bans on gas-powered leaf blowers and gas-powered lawn mowers are beginning to spread nationwide. Noise from gas leaf blowers has been...
This photo by Chuck Kardous (NIOSH) is in the public domain by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of this blog post is also the title of my latest publication. As I have often told my noise colleagues when they have tried to get me to write...
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I learn by reading, but many learn by watching television shows or documentaries or by listening to podcasts. The World Health Organization sponsors the Health for All Film Festival, which "believes in the power of...
Photo credit: Enric Cruz López by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In an earlier post, readers were told about a lawsuit brought by a resident in a St. Petersburg...