Photo credit: Markus Spiske by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Writer Ricardo Kaulessar starts his article in northjersey.com by reporting on how a student soccer game...
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Photo credit: Adrien Olichon by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Readers of our blog might be familiar with the term "soundscape." But we learn in this article, published...
Don’t forget earplugs at concerts
Photo credit: Wendy Wei by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I hope that all the music-lovers who attended Lollapalooza last week brought their earplugs. Otolaryngologist Dr. Sreek Cherukuri's offered this advice in the suburban Chicago publication, the...
Daily harmful noise exposure affects thousands
Photo credit: Juan Pablo Serrano by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to the RNZ website, published by Radio New Zealand, daily harmful noise exposure affects thousands. But I think they’re wrong, and the actual number is likely millions, tens of...
Car-free neighborhoods transform the space
Photo credit: Javier Gonzalez by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Taking a stroll through the city center of Leipzig, David Zipper tells us in this Bloomberg article how...
Study documents warehouse pollution
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Science Daily recently reported on research done at George Washington University’s Milken School of Public Health. Using data from the European Space Agency, the researchers found that the road...
Noise newsletter covers wind farms, road soundproofing
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 The Bottom Rung Summer 2024 Newsletter is now online. This newsletter is published four times a year and is...
Sound barriers can reduce traffic noise
Photo credit: Kaique Rocha by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Hearing Review recently reported on research about improving sound barriers to reduce traffic noise pollution. The article reported on original research done in China and published open...
Workplaces are still too loud
Photo credit: Kindel Media by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Craig Hale’s article in techradar is titled: “Feeling unproductive at work.” In it, Hale informs us that...