Quiet Florida’s Mary Tatigian writes to the Naples Daily News regarding the impact of noise pollution on residents and Naples Airport Authority’s Sentiment Survey results.

Naples Airport is starting to test new arrival flight procedures to help reduce noise at the airport this May.

For more than half a century, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to adequately regulate noise. Last June, an anti-noise advocacy group, Quiet Communities, sued the Environmental Protection Agency for not doing its job to limit the loud sounds people are exposed to in everyday life.

From roaring leaf blowers to screeching trains, the world is full of unwelcome noise—and researchers have found that noisy environments can take a real toll on people’s mental and physical health. Arline Bronzaft, PhD, talks about how noise affects health and well-being, how it can harm kids’ learning, why it’s not just a problem in big cities, and the most unusual noise complaints she’s heard in her 5 decades of advocacy combating noise pollution.

Experts describe ways to turn down the volume, from earbuds to smartphone apps that detect harmful noise levels.

In its November 2023 issue, The Hearing Journal published my editorial about the new definition of noise, which expands on ideas I published in Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA) in 2019.

EPA determined AV-gas lead is a hazard to children's health within one-half mile of the end of the airport runway.

Noise pollution on Collier County streets due to vehicles with modified mufflers is gaining attention with county commissioners discussing partnering with the Quiet Florida initiative that pushes to implement more restrictions on car noise. 

Why is quiet important for our health?