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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The title of this article from the University of Melbourne is: “How Whales Struggle to Navigate in a Sea of Noise...
Photo credit: Edoardo Tommasini by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A Tik-Tok famous general practitioner in Singapore is advising concertgoers to wear earplugs and use sunscreen. I don’t follow social media at all, but I’m glad to know that there’s useful...
Photo credit: Scott Webb by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Today is Earth Day. This year’s theme, "Planet vs. Plastics," isn’t particularly relevant to noise but the idea of protecting the environment by working towards a quieter world is an ecologically...