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Photo credit: Robert Scoble, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Loudon County, Virginia can now boast that it has 175 data centers that...
Photo credit: Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies New research from Colorado State University links urban noise pollution to the historical practice...
The downtown area of Lewiston, Maine. Photo credit: Kenneth C. Zirkel, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine on Oct. 25 left 18 people dead, and had a disproportionate effect on Maine’s...
Photo credit: Daniele Napolitano, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED 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, I informed readers that Schiphol Airport in...
Photo credit: Alex Pham by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition In an article on The Atlantic’s "Work in Progress" series, writer Annie Lowery advises readers, "don't to drive into Manhattan." In her discussion of coming congestion pricing for motorists wanting...
Photo credit: KAYYY B by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to a recent report on NPR, wearing hearing aids may cut the risk of falls. It has been known for some time that falls are associated with hearing loss for older adults. The explanations for...
Photo credit: Ron Lach by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The headline of a November 18 opinion piece in The New York Times was "I’m a Climate Scientist. I’m Not Screaming Into the Void Anymore." Climate scientist Kate Marvel, at the environmental...
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I had written before about the International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise adopting the new definition of noise for its use, but now it’s constitutional. What do I mean? Not the U.S. Constitution, but I was...
Photo credit: Belle Co by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The World Health Organization announced its theme for World Hearing Day 2024: Changing mindsets: Let’s make ear and hearing care a reality for all. The agency states that the annual event will:...