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– Quiet Coalition Founder and Chair Dr. Daniel Fink

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A Comic Con for all

A Comic Con for all

Photo credit: khairul nizam by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies I was delighted to read that the Gillen Brewer School, a private school on the Upper East Side of...

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Bitcoin and AI endanger the environment

Bitcoin and AI endanger the environment

Photo credit: Tara Winstead by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Data processing centers for bitcoin mines and artificial intelligence (AI) endanger both health and the environment.  There has been a wealth of reporting about noise from bitcoin mines and...

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Singer Vanessa Carlton files noise-related lawsuit

Singer Vanessa Carlton files noise-related lawsuit

Photo credit: Life Of Pix by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Like so any residents in the United States who have purchased homes in areas that they believed would be...

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Canada’s ocean noise plan falls short of expectations

Canada’s ocean noise plan falls short of expectations

Photo credit: Jeremy Bishop by Halimat Olunlade, Social Media Manager Some might assume that noise pollution only affects humans, but a hidden crisis is unfolding beneath the waves. Manmade noise beneath the ocean’s surface creates what experts call an “acoustic...

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Texas neighbors suing nearby crypto mine

Texas neighbors suing nearby crypto mine

Photo credit: Worldspectrum by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Here is yet another article that turns our attention to the noise generated by bitcoin mining facilities....

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Hearing aid use increases in elderly, but remains low

Hearing aid use increases in elderly, but remains low

Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition An article in JAMA Open Network from a research group at Johns Hopkins University reports that hearing aid use among the elderly has increased, but remains low. The data were collected as...

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“I am seeing a lot more interest and growing awareness about the adverse impacts of noise on health and I hope this will lead to policies that will be focused on noise abatement… Organizations such as Quiet Communities have made an impact on educating people to the dangers of noise and suggesting ways that we can reduce noise pollution.”

– Arline Bronzaft, PhD