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Noise complaints take deadly turn

Photo credit: Kat Wilcox by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The Quiet Coalition readers are well aware of the harmful effects of noise on our mental and physical health. I have written about the relationship between crime and noise, noting that noise

Loud noises are bad for your health

Photo credit: Ketut Subiyanto by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Healthline has an excellent article about the dangers of noise for health. In addition to causing hearing loss, tinnitus, and hyperacusis, loud noise has non-auditory health effects, including hypertension, heart disease, and increased mortality. These effects have been known for years and are

Quiet Florida aims to cut noise pollution from modified cars

Photo credit: Leif Bergerson 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 Tory Kinley’s article about car noise pollution regulations in which she acknowledged the hard-working efforts of Mary Tatigan and her Quiet Florida associates who have been “working

One way to deal with a noisy neighbor

Photo credit: Hossein Zohrevand licensed under CC BY 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article on SportsBible.com provides an insight into how the rich and famous deal with the noisy neighbor problem, by doing something that isn’t feasible for us regular folk. According to one of international soccer superstar Lionel Messi’s

Switzerland set to introduce stiffer penalties for noisy drivers

Photo credit: ILOVESwitzerland by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to this report on Le News, Switzerland is set to introduce stiffer penalties for noisy drivers. Well, actually penalties for drivers of noisy vehicles, including cars and motorcycles. The Swiss public broadcasting channel Radio Télévision Suisse is the source of the information. The

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