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Photo credit: David Bartus by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The New York Times reported that new technology installed in Virginia State Parks helps colorblind people see fall leaf colors. The park released viewfinders built by SeeCoast Manufacturing that...
Photo credit: Elina Sazonova by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition My title for this post reverses the punctuation in The New York Times title: "Dining out too noisy? Try earbuds." The article, written by former Times restaurant critic Pete Wells, suggests...
Photo credit: Alex Does Pictures by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In her article “The city’s search for quiet,” Dawn Attride writes that New York City is the loudest...
Photo credit: fauxels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I spoke to HealthWatch USA on Oct. 16 about the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health's recommended exposure limit (REL), specifically that it needs to be revised down. Kevin...
Photo credit: Sasha Kim by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In this article from Staten Island Advance, we learn that Staten Island residents are being subjected to...
Photo credit: Rodolfo Gaion by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Quiet Communities, Inc., the parent organization of The Quiet Coalition, was started 10 years ago by citizens concerned about the impacts of gas-powered leaf blower noise disrupting a quiet,...
Photo credit: cottonbro studio by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Many people consider Sunday a quiet day, but there are generally no laws to support this ... until now!...
Photo credit: Ivan Cujic by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In New York City, around the Fourth of July, many residents complain about illegal fireworks in their...
Photo credit: Mikael Blomkvist by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Research from China, published in the open-access BMC Public Health, found that occupational noise exposure was associated with hearing loss and hypertension in female workers. We usually...