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Photo credit: Johannes Plenio by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In my opinion, the title of this article, “Airplane Noise May Be Bad for Your Health” should have read...
Photo credit: JJ Jordan by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies It appears that there are several proposals to reduce airplane flights in Amsterdam. Alexander Mitchell writes...
Photo credit: Steven Arenas by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of this post comes from a recent article in the U.S. edition of the U.K. The Sun tabloid newspaper. Despite the sensationalist language, the Sun basically gets it right. It appears to...
Photo credit: Djordje Petrovic by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Now that the weather is warmer, John Ducker reminds us in this recent Times Colonist article that we...
Photo credit: 42 North by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The fact that traffic noise is harmful to humans has been discussed at length in this blog, but this post will...
Photo credit: Alex Pham by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies “Action speaks louder than words” is a phrase that has been used for many years. However, it is not one that...
Photo credit: Marina Hinic by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies When the U.S. Senate passed the Federal Aviation Authority Reauthorization Bill last week, we learned that...
Photo credit: Helena Lopes by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report on the Road & Track website, published earlier this month, discusses the effectiveness of New York City’s pilot noise camera program in catching cars with loud exhausts. The...
Photo credit: Fernando Gonzalez by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies While New York City Council considers a bill to restrict non-essential flights in the city, state bills...