Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Washington Post published a wonderful interactive online article with restaurant sound levels. This is the Post’s second article about restaurant noise that I know about, although there may have...
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Scotland police officers look to legal claim for hearing loss
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Glasgow Times in Scotland reported that police officers in Edinburgh are prepared to launch legal claims after developing hearing loss and tinnitus from fireworks on Bonfire Night. I googled...
Taylor Swift concert draws noise complaints
Photo credit: Josh Sorenson by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Real Madrid’s Bernabeu Stadium recently received a multi-million dollar update that included a new roof....
Dutch government addresses aircraft noise
Photo credit: JJ Jordan by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies It appears that there are several proposals to reduce airplane flights in Amsterdam. Alexander Mitchell writes...
‘Absurd’ arguments for loud motorcycles
Photo credit: Djordje Petrovic by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Now that the weather is warmer, John Ducker reminds us in this recent Times Colonist article that we...
Caution: your noise may be hazardous to your health
Photo credit: Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition While I was cleaning my house recently, I came across these three no-smoking buttons from the early 1970s. I was a militant no-smoking advocate, and I wore the button on the right on my doctor’s...
Traffic impacts growth of baby birds
Photo credit: 42 North by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The fact that traffic noise is harmful to humans has been discussed at length in this blog, but this post will...
New York City noise cameras are catching, and fining, loud drivers
Photo credit: Helena Lopes by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report on the Road & Track website, published earlier this month, discusses the effectiveness of New York City’s pilot noise camera program in catching cars with loud exhausts. The...
“Noise tax” proposed for NYC helicopter flights
Photo credit: Fernando Gonzalez by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies While New York City Council considers a bill to restrict non-essential flights in the city, state bills...