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Photo credit: Sergei Starostin by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of Stan Cox’s article on the Naked Capitalism website is: "We’re getting sick of noise pollution," but I might prefer: "We’re getting sick from noise pollution." Or, maybe both...
Photo credit: Markus Spiske by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Writer Ricardo Kaulessar starts his article in northjersey.com by reporting on how a student soccer game...
Photo credit: Adrien Olichon by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Readers of our blog might be familiar with the term "soundscape." But we learn in this article, published...
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: Kindel Media by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Craig Hale’s article in techradar is titled: “Feeling unproductive at work.” In it, Hale informs us that...
Photo credit: Peter Dutton licensed under CC By 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Noise pollution isn’t just annoying, it’s harmful. That’s the headline on a commentary in the Orlando Sentinel by David Vaina, PhD. We couldn’t agree more. Noise isn’t...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies How would air and noise pollution impact individuals who are exposed prenatally and during early childhood? What...
Photo credit: Scott Webb by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Today is Earth Day. This year’s theme, "Planet vs. Plastics," isn’t particularly relevant to noise but the idea of protecting the environment by working towards a quieter world is an ecologically...
Photo credit: Genaro Servín by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This coming Monday marks the start National Public Health Week, April 1-7, 2024. I checked the schedule of events, but didn’t see anything about noise. It is important for public health...