Photo credit: Maria Tyutina by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The statement “knowledge is power” is attributed to Sir Francis Bacon, but regardless of who first had this idea, I think it is true. As a physician, I have always adhered to the principles of...
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New York City Council introduces two noise-related bills
Photo credit: Ramil Ugot by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies A while back I wrote a post about a New York City resident, Dietmar Detering, who was able to register...
NPR’s unsound advice — 85 decibels is not safe
Photo credit: cottonbro studio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I’m a big fan of NPR. I usually listen to "All Things Considered" and a few other programs if I’m in the car and I think these programs are among the best on the radio. But in this new...
Noisy offices take a toll on our well-being
Photo credit: CoWomen by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In this article on Phys Org, a science and research news aggregator, Oluremi (Remi) Ayoko writes about the...
Hear today, gone tomorrow
Photo credit: ALTEREDSNAPS by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Hear today, gone tomorrow. That’s the catchy title of a short article in the Royal Examiner, serving Warren County in the Shenandoah Valley from Front Royal, Virginia. The article correctly...
Bloomberg says restaurant noise means NYC is ‘back’
Photo credit: Following NYC by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies This article on Grub Street, an online food blog by New York Magazine, portrays former New York City Mayor...
Paul Simon is beginning to accept his sudden hearing loss
Photo credit: Matthew Straubmuller, licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Jewish Chronicle, based in London, reported last week on singer Paul Simon’s sudden left-sided hearing loss. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Simon told...
Brooklyn Bridge Park residents seek quieter public bathrooms
Photo credit: Airam Dato-on by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Our readers may find this post unusual and interesting. The City reported last week that a couple living in...
Hanging up her headphones after 16 years
Photo credit: Grzegorz by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Scottish newspaper The Courier has a wonderful piece by opinion writer Rebecca Baird describing how she is hanging up her headphones after “16 solid years of blocking out the world.” Baird...