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Photo credit: Dominika Gregušová by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Guardian and other media outlets recently reported that London’s efforts to reduce air pollution by establishing an Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) were successful. Here is the Greater...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Science Daily recently reported on research done at George Washington University’s Milken School of Public Health. Using data from the European Space Agency, the researchers found that the road...
Photo credit: Kaique Rocha by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Hearing Review recently reported on research about improving sound barriers to reduce traffic noise pollution. The article reported on original research done in China and published open...
Photo credit: Burak The Weekender by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition In a recent podcast, Gastropod asks a question we’ve wondered about, too. Why are restaurants so loud? Gastropod is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network, and is supported in part by the...
Photo credit: Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This blog post is one of several about noise in Norway, based on my recent travels there. Norway, and I think more broadly Scandinavian countries, are ahead of the United States in environmental...
Photo credit: Elena Saharova by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Quiet Coalition’s blogs have covered subway noise in New York City and London’s Tube, both of which have been studied scientifically. Today, I want to report that quieter urban mass...
Photo credit: Burak The Weekender by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition During my recent travels in Norway, I was able to cross a fjord on an electric ferry boat. Who knew? I certainly wasn’t aware of this technology. Norway is a small country in terms of...
Photo credit: Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition On my last day of a recent hiking trip in Norway, I took a walk in the old city of Trondheim before heading to the airport. There’s a stature of Leif Erickson on the fjord, to commemorate his...
Photo credit: Joey Lu by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A recent BBC report states that traffic noise pollution harms children’s health and development. Traffic noise includes aviation noise, railroad noise and road traffic noise. Traffic noise is the...