Photo credit: Christopher Eliot by Christopher Eliot Protesters organized by Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere held a peaceful gathering outside the Massachusetts State House on Oct. 2. Sen. Michael Barrett gave an overview of the attempts to stop the...
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Community Noise Lab studies noise pollution in low-income communities
Photo credit: RDNE Stock project by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In a recent Atlanta Voice article, reporter Clayton Gutzmore writes about research that the Community...
Boston researchers awarded $12.5M NIH grant for hidden hearing loss research
Photo credit: Sepehr Ehsani licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This press release from Boston’s Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary reports on the award of a large NIH grant to Sharon Kujawa, PhD, Charles Liberman, PhD, and...
Boston is noisy and that can affect health
Photo credit: Andrés García from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from Boston public radio station WGBH discusses increasing noise levels in Boston, quoting Boston Magazine reporter Spencer Buell and noise researcher Erica Walker MSc,...
Is Boston too noisy? One city councilor says “Yes!”
Is Boston too noisy? One city councilor says “Yes!” And Dr. Daniel Fink agrees with her concerns about noise and health. Want a quieter city? Dr. Fink says you have to make some noise!