The Stern Building at 2330 Clay, built in 1939, is a biomedical research facility. It also houses CPMC’s Infrasound Cancer Research Group. Given the nature of this research, specific lab equipment is required to keep cultures cooled to certain temperatures. Backup power generators as well as filtration systems are necessary to make sure critical processes [...]
What You Cannot Hear Can Harm You
Long-term exposure to low frequency noise (LFN—0 to 500 Hz), which includes infrasound (0 to 20 Hz), may produce a phenomenon called vibroacoustic disease. Studies have been published in peer reviewed scientific journals, although a lot of debate on causes and effects, or whether it is a disease at all, still ensues. Most research has [...]
Sleep Deprivation
As of this post, I have slept through the night only thrice in the last 21 days, and once was after taking generic Dalmane (a potent sleeping pill). I’m bone tired, frustrated and angry. Why are so few people willing to help? Surely, I am not the first to complain about disturbing and disruptive sounds [...]
SF Planning Hearing
The hearing yesterday was an eye opener, an education, for me. I’ve never attended such before. Mostly politically agnostic, my presence was a direct result of my sleep deprivation and frustrated need to get someone to listen to what we, as neighbors, are exposed to now–never mind after more CPMC / Sutter Health development. As [...]
Pulse Backgrounder
On October 22, 2009, PG&E upgraded power infrastructure at California Pacific Medical Center’s request on Washington Street near Buchanan. The pulsing hum started within a couple of days and has become almost continuous since October 31, 2009. CPMC, PG&E, and local government were contacted, in an effort to find the source. PG&E sent a technician out [...]
