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...
Article Category:
Health and noise
Article Categories
Noise pollution in Washington D.C.
Photo credit: Eduardo Romero by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Greater Greater Washington published a blog post by Pete Rodrigue last month about noise pollution. According to the website, Greater's mission is “to inform, engage, and influence the public...
QC recognized with community innovator award
Photo credit: Matthias Cooper by Quiet Communities editorial staff Quiet Communities joins nine other entities as a Phase 2 winner of the Department of Health and Humans Services’ (HHS) $1 million Environmental Justice Community Innovator Challenge. HHS created this...
Airport neighbors report restless nights of sleep
Photo credit: Stas Knop by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Readers of our posts already know that there are studies that link aircraft noise to loss of sleep, but I...
‘Noisy, hungry data centers’
Photo credit: Field Engineer by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Sean Patrick Cooper’s New York Times opinion article is titled: “Data Centers Make Terrible Neighbors.”...
Finally, sound advice about protecting your ears!
Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition There is a lot of bad hearing health advice in the media and online. In blog posts, I have chided those citing the industrial-strength National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health...
A new “silent” wind turbine
Photo credit: Tom Swinnen by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies My introduction to noisy windmills, yes, windmills, not wind turbines, came over 40 years ago when I was...
We’re sick of noise pollution
Photo credit: Sergei Starostin by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of Stan Cox’s article on the Naked Capitalism website is: "We’re getting sick of noise pollution," but I might prefer: "We’re getting sick from noise pollution." Or, maybe both...
Recent article suggests headphones can be safe. That’s wrong.
Photo credit: Nicholas Githiri by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The full headline in Griffin Wayne’s recent HuffPost article is: "Certain headphones are safer for your ears. Doctors share the best ones for adults and kids." The headline is probably...