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Photo credit: Egor Kamelev by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The headline of this article in Deseret News is: “Concerned citizens call South Carolina police over noisy…”...
Photo credit: Yvon Gallant by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition My wife and I spent the Sunday morning before the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse with our oldest grandchildren, who are in preschool and kindergarten. I asked them, “Do you know about the eclipse?”...
Photo credit: Brücke-Osteuropa, licensed under CC 1.0 DEED by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies So good to read that the Frankfurt Airport has shown an interest in a...
Photo credit: Edoardo Tommasini by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A Tik-Tok famous general practitioner in Singapore is advising concertgoers to wear earplugs and use sunscreen. I don’t follow social media at all, but I’m glad to know that there’s useful...
Photo credit: GEORGE DESIPRIS by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Quiet Coalition’s Arline Bronzaft, professor emerita at City University of New York, wrote about the history of International Noise Awareness Day (INAD) on the occasion of its 29th...
Photo credit: Muneeb Babar by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As an JAMA subscriber, I get an email almost every morning titled "AMA Morning Rounds." I don’t think I would have found this open-access article if I didn’t get Morning Rounds, but I’m glad I...
Photo credit: Scott Webb by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Today is Earth Day. This year’s theme, "Planet vs. Plastics," isn’t particularly relevant to noise but the idea of protecting the environment by working towards a quieter world is an ecologically...
Photo credit: Mike Bird by Jeanine Botta, MPH, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition In a recent News Tribune "Rules of the Road" column, a reader asked if using a horn to signify that a car is locked is considered misuse of vehicle safety equipment. The reader described...
Photo credit: Elevate Digital by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition “Are you noise sensitive? Here’s how to tell.” That’s a good question, and the title of an article in WIRED magazine. Writer Amy Paturel starts her article with a sound (pun intended!)...