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Photo credit: Bk Aguilar by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I’m a big fan of NPR, listening to "Morning Edition" or "All Things Considered" when I'm in the car and those programs are on. I missed this report about March Madness noise for babies, but my...
Photo credit: Kadir Avşar by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As I've written many times on this blog, I am a big fan of NPR. I heard this wonderful report about Paris going pedestrian the other day while running an errand in my hybrid electric vehicle....
Photo credit: Marcin Jozwiak by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A new study published online ahead of print in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Environmental Health Perspectives reports that new research shows that the cumulative risk of...
Photo credit: Asad Photo Maldives by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition and Abigail Harrison, Editor, Quiet Communities Two townships in New York State have filed a joint lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration alleging that over a million...
Photo credit: Josh Sorenson by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The BBC recently ran an article by health reporter James Gallagher covering the myriad ways in which excessive noise can damage our well-being. Gallagher was the reporter on the BBC News World...
Photo credit: SevenStorm JUHASZIMRUS by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Last summer I hiked in Norway with my brothers. The trip ended in the northern city of Trondheim, where on my morning walk I saw electric heavy construction equipment. I had also seen...
Photo credit: Nout Gons by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition With the headline "Honking Complaints Plunge 69% Inside Congestion Pricing Zone," The City website in New York reports on an unintended side benefit of a government intervention meant to decrease...
Photo credit: Kelly by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Atlanta News First website reports that the Decatur City Commission set universal noise levels for the city. Decatur is a small suburb of Atlanta, located about six miles from the state capital,...
Photo credit: 周 康 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The European Union Against Aircraft Nuisance announced its next webinar on March 25 at 6 p.m. Central European Time. That’s noon in New York and 9 a.m. in Los Angeles. The speaker is Thomas Münzel from...