Photo credit: Jaybird licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A recent report in Nature Aging is behind a paywall, so I am using this article about the report in Neuroscience News to discuss it. The study showed that short term...
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SpaceX brings jobs–and noise–to small town Texas
by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Over the many years I have been involved with trying to lower the decibel level in our world, and many of my writings have focused on the growing din in urban communities....
Petition to the EPA to Implement the Noise Control Act
Following enactment of the Noise Control Act of 1972 and the Quiet Communities Act of 1978, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established an Office of Noise Abatement and Control (ONAC) to promulgate noise emission standards, require product labeling,...
NYC mayoral candidate makes noise an issue
Photo credit: Thomas Good licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Shant Shahrigian’s article on New York City mayoral candidate Scott Stringer's recent press conference to discuss city...
International Noise Awareness Day 2021
by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Organizations worldwide are recognizing International Noise Awareness Day today. This will be the 26th celebration of a day that was initiated by the Center for Hearing and...
Accelerated aging and age-related diseases from air and noise pollution
Photo credit: Chris LeBoutillier from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of this post refers to the title of an important article just published by Thomas Münzel's research group in Mainz, Germany. They note that aging is a complex...
Noise disrupts plant life
Photo credit:Thomas licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Some of you may be aware that decades ago, an Indian scientist reported that music helped certain plants grow but this area of research remains controversial. Other...
Documentary Premiering April 15: Watch “Jet Line”
Photo credit: Scott Teresi licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Quiet Coalition received this announcement about a new film, "Jet Line: Voicemails From the Flight Path," premiering on April 15. This 12-minute documentary film...
Drones? You hear them, but can they hear you?
Photo credit: Florian Pircher from Pixabay by David M. Sykes, Vice Chair, The Quiet Coalition In a word: no—they can’t hear you because they make too much noise. So a New Zealand company is developing algorithms to cancel the noise drone helicopters make so that their...