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Photo credit: City of Greenville, North Carolina, licensed under PDM 1.0 by Kathleen Romito, MD, member, Quiet Communities Scientific Advisory Council My dad always told us kids, "If you make a mistake, just fess up and move on." Recently, two communities finally...
Photo credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by Abigail Harrison, Editor, Quiet Communities The proliferation of oil and gas drilling in the Gulf Of Mexico will threaten an endangered whale species, an environmental group argued in the United States...
Photo credit: Vecislavas Popa by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition One might think I’m writing about pickleball noise based on the title of this blog post, but I’m not. I’m writing about apartment noise complaints in New York City. As I have noted before, a...
Photo credit: Kaique Rocha by Jeanine Botta, MPH, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition This Bloomberg article titled: "A Loud Warning from the Past about Living with Cars" covers a lot of ground, and leaves much to think about. Bloomberg contributor and vehicle expert...
Photo credit: TheVillagesFL licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition “Does pickleball noise constitute an ‘auditory assault’? These Boise homeowners say yes.” That’s the headline of an article in the Idaho Statesman that covers a tort...
Photo credit: Kristina Paukshtite by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The European Parliament Petition Group in the European Parliament reports that member Peter Agius is petitioning for enforcement of European Union noise requirements on the island of...
Photo credit: Mason Tuttle by Kathleen Romito, MD, member, Quiet Communities Scientific Advisory Council CBS comedy "The Neighborhood" got some laughs by highlighting pickleball noise during a recent episode. The storyline features neighbors sharing their dismay about...
Photo credit: Jimberg13, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Super Bowl Sunday is really noisy no matter where the event occurs, according to a report on the 9TO5Mac website. The report is based on research done on data collected...
Photo credit: Frank Cone by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies During the summer in New York City, many neighborhoods have complained about the impact of loud fireworks....