Photo credit: Mike van Schoonderwalt by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The “annoying noises” that The Learning Network lists in this short post, namely “chewing,...
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Why does your car’s speedometer go to 160 mph?
Photo credit: Mike B by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Have you ever wondered why does your car’s speedometer go up to 160 miles per hour (mph)--or even 200 mph in the photo above--when your can might only be able to do 90 or 100? I have, but I never...
Making noise about noise
Photo credit: Backbone Campaign licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The Sound Defense Alliance is an organization located in Washington State that...
The Quiet Coalition’s “Dear Abby” gives advice on noise problems
Photo credit: Ketut Subiyanto by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition No, The Quiet Coalition doesn’t really have an advice columnist named Dear Abby, but it does have pioneering noise researcher and activist Arline Bronzaft, PhD, Professor Emerita at the City...
Israel to ban noisy jumbo jets from Ben Gurion Airport
Photo credit: albedo20 licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies An airport engaging in an activity to reduce noise and air pollution by banning...
UECNA webinar on delivery drones and flying taxis
Photo credit: www.routexl.com licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition UECNA, the European Union Against Aircraft Nuisances, is sponsoring a webinar abut delivery drones and flying taxis on September 19, 2022, 6 p.m. Brussels time....
Sierra Club recognizes noise pollution as a problem
Photo credit: Natalie Dmay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article in Sierra, the magazine of the Sierra Club, discusses noise pollution as a problem. Author Krystal Vasquez thought that noise wasn’t a problem compared to other forms of pollution...
Quiet zones and quiet rail cars
Photo credit: Dr. Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition On a recent trip to Norway, we took the train from the airport to the main train station in Oslo. There was a quiet car with silence requested in that car. More notably, the sound pressure...
Are earbuds damaging our hearing?
Photo credit: Thirdman by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This "Ask Well" column in The New York Times tries to answer the question, “Are earbuds damaging my hearing?” To me, the answer is clear: "Yes!” I am quoted extensively in the column, which appeared...