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Photo credit: Josh Sorenson by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Jersey Journal reports that enforcement efforts can reduce loud noise. The title of reporter David Menzie’s article is, "Enforcement Efforts Can Reduce Loud Noise, Psychologist Says." And...
Photo credit: Tricia Glass by Quiet Communities staff Not a QC member? Join Quiet Communities to access this exclusive QC close-up event: "Electric Landcare: A Gateway to Greener, Quieter Communities." It will take place on Thursday, Sept. 12 from 4-5 p.m. EST. The...
Photo credit: Jamie Banks by Jamie Banks, MSc, PhD, President, Quiet Communities Inc. The pressure to limit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers is growing. Recently, Montgomery County, Maryland passed legislation to phase out the sale of use of gas-powered blowers. An...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A recent article in the Journal of the American Heart Association reported that the number of people sickened or killed by air pollution is increasing worldwide. Researchers used the Global Burden of...
Photo credit: Mx. Granger, licensed by Creative Commons CC 1.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The American Green Zone Alliance (AGZA) recently reported that the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital became the first hospital in...
Photo credit: Garvin St. Villier by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to this editorial in the Santa Fe New Mexican, reducing noise is smart public policy. We couldn’t agree more. As the editorial notes, noise from mufflers and drag racing was the...
Photo credit: Erik Mclean by Jamie Banks, MSc, PhD, President, Quiet Communities Inc. A recent piece from NPR discusses some of the barriers landscaping professionals face when considering the purchase of battery electric lawn mowers. These mowers, powered by...
Photo credit: jan buchholtz licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition There’s an old saying that every cloud has a silver lining. I’m not sure that’s true, but many clouds--or in this case, no rain cloud in Las Vegas--may indeed...
Photo credit: Rob Howard licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arnold Gordon, PhD Gas-powered leaf blowers cause many problems. They are noisy, pollute the air with carcinogens, aerosolized particulate matter and greenhouse gases, and disturb the natural leaf litter layer...