This week the national Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) released a report that looked at
the health effects of wind farms.
Ms Laurie became interested in
the health effects of wind turbines when Origen proposed to build the Crystal Brook Wind Farm near her house in 2010.
And THIS ladies and gentlemen, is the reason why there has NEVER been a truly independent research study done on
the health effects of wind turbines despite the loud effusive claims of wind energy proponents.
Documentation of damaging
health effects of wind turbines since 1981 Research from NASA, Cornell University, MIT and many others
A proposal for evaluating the potential
health effects of wind turbine noise for projects under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.
AAAC members should continue to primarily rely on the view of government bodies in relation to
the health effects of wind farms and should conduct assessments in accordance with the relevant guidelines in each state.
Alex Mihailovich breaks down why the federal government is studying
the health effects of wind energy and what it could mean for Ontario's Liberal government.
Wind Turbine Sound and Health Effects: An Expert Panel Review An expert panel review on studies about
the health effects of wind turbines.
URGENT research should be undertaken into the potentially damaging
health effects of wind farms on nearby residents, says a landmark Senate report released yesterday.
Note: While
the health effects of wind turbine technology is being analyzed, the effects of low sound generation on other species is not.
Not exact matches
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The mental
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The HCBOH will start an investigation on the
effects of Wind Turbines: Valerie Gillies, Goderich Signal Star: The [media] release stated, «This is the first county health unit investigation, in Ontario, regarding industrial wind turbines, where the affected resident's health complaints will be tracked long term.&ra
Wind Turbines: Valerie Gillies, Goderich Signal Star: The [media] release stated, «This is the first county
health unit investigation, in Ontario, regarding industrial
wind turbines, where the affected resident's health complaints will be tracked long term.&ra
wind turbines, where the affected resident's
health complaints will be tracked long term.»
In «Adverse
health effects of industrial
wind turbines,» a 2013 paper in the magazine
of the College
of Family Physicians
of Canada, Dr. Roy D. Jeffery, Carmen Krogh, and Brett Horner explained, «People who live or work in close proximity to IWTs have experienced symptoms that include decreased quality
of life, annoyance, stress, sleep disturbance, headache, anxiety, depression, and cognitive dysfunction.»
Senator Xenophon seems to have no concerns about the
health effects of not having
wind farms.
Wind turbine noise is a reported cause of these effects; however, some commentators suggest sound from wind turbines does not pose a risk of any adverse health effect in hum
Wind turbine noise is a reported cause
of these
effects; however, some commentators suggest sound from
wind turbines does not pose a risk of any adverse health effect in hum
wind turbines does not pose a risk
of any adverse
health effect in humans.
Uncritical public acceptance
of wind industry spin began to change after the 2011 senate inquiry into the impacts
of wind farms, chaired by Greens senator Rachel Siewert made the unequivocal recommendation that «the Commonwealth Government initiate as a matter
of priority thorough, adequately resourced epidemiological and laboratory studies
of possible
effects of wind farms on human
health.»
Environment groups that have supported the
wind industry and taken their thirty pieces
of silver, «
health professionals» who have no expertise in acoustics and no interest in faraway rural communities, but do have an overblown interest in climate
health effects, have jumped on the
wind energy bandwagon eager to claim the high moral ground despite the human collateral damage.
What is worse though, for someone who parades his «
health» credentials while behaving like a dilettante on actual noise issues, Chapman and other «
health professionals» display an amazing lack
of compassion in their dismissive attitude to people who claim to be suffering debilitating
effects from pervasive
wind turbine noise.
Not only would such a carbon tax be relatively easy to scale to a global system, but it would also take the
health and environmental
effects of fossil fuels into account, putting clean energy — from
wind to nuclear — on an equal footing.
This illustrious group
of PHD's conclude however, that she proves no causal link between those ill
health effects and living near
wind turbines.
I believe that it is therefore impossible for him to offer a neutral opinion on the
health effects of industrial
wind turbine installations.
They did conclude ONE possible ill
health effect of being too close to a
wind turbine!!!
Whilst it is not yet clear that these parameters would adequately protect the
health of vulnerable members
of the community from the
effects of chronic cumulative exposure, why are these limits for infrasound and low frequency noise exposure universally ignored by those members
of the acoustics profession who have written the
wind turbine noise pollution regulations for governments?
«NSW
Health was very clear in its advice, which is consistent with that of the National Heath and Medical Research Council — that there is no published scientific evidence to link wind turbines with adverse health effects.&
Health was very clear in its advice, which is consistent with that
of the National Heath and Medical Research Council — that there is no published scientific evidence to link
wind turbines with adverse
health effects.&
health effects.»
I first became aware
of this issue in May
of 2013 after reading a paper by Carmen Krogh dealing with adverse
health effects caused by Industrial
Wind Turbines (link).
It is recognised and accepted that infrasound is dangerous to human
health in other situations it is only a matter
of time before full disclosure
of the extent
of the
effects on human
health of Industrial
Wind Turbines is accepted by medical authorities.
I wanted to follow up with a summary
of how I became involved in this issue, the direction and current status
of my research, and my position on the issue
of study
of, and response to, the human
health effects caused by exposure to Industrial
wind turbines.
A summary
of peer reviewed articles their abstracts and citations regarding adverse
health effects and industrial
wind turbines
Dr Schomer and Mr Hessler in their peer review
of Cooper's study, not only endorsed it, but found that the data itself proves a causal relationship between the operation
of the
wind turbines and the adverse
health effects recorded by all
of those people who took part in the study (see our post here).
Mike Barnard last month was taken to task by researcher Jackie Rovensky
of AU and NA - PAW (North American Platform Against
Wind Power) for a long - standing series of malicious attacks on trusted and respected professionals worldwide, who have variously documented and researched the now widely recognized devastating effects of industrial wind on human hea
Wind Power) for a long - standing series
of malicious attacks on trusted and respected professionals worldwide, who have variously documented and researched the now widely recognized devastating
effects of industrial
wind on human hea
wind on human
health.
There is no convincing objective evidence linking
wind turbines to
health -
effects, so Ms Laurie relies almost entirely on anecdotal evidence,
of which she has collected a large amount.
In last night's post, we covered the call by a growing band
of Australian Senators for an immediate moratorium on the construction
of any more
of these things — unless and until they've been exonerated, beyond all reasonable doubt, as the cause
of a raft
of noise related
health effects suffered by
wind farm neighbours; -LSB-...]
Health effects of living close to the Waubra
wind turbines Stepnell, Carl; and Stepnell, Samantha
Because
of the
health effects are people suffering working so close to
wind turbines?
In conclusion we have massive concerns about the
health effects of living and working too close to the
wind turbines.
Other costs associated with
wind power such as property value loss,
effects on tourism, and human costs in terms
of effects on
health, have never been calculated.
Augment the Renewable Energy Guidelines by, for instance, requiring
wind energy developers to comply with more rigorous criteria including scientific research on setback allowances, noise,
wind velocity, human
health issues, property values, agricultural animal productivity and welfare, air traffic flight paths (commercial passenger and cargo plus light aircraft including air ambulance), environmental and ecological impact,
health and safety issues for domestic animals, longterm adverse
effect of cement pedestals on ground water, depletion
of finite local aggregate supply and induced seismic activity on faults.
Is there evidence to suggest that specific aspects
of wind turbine sound such as infrasound and low frequency sound have unique potential
health effects not associated with other sources
of environmental noise?
An impressive number
of health practitioners, researchers, and acousticians around the world are voicing their concern about the
effects of wind turbines on people's
health (1).
In Australia, where the controversy is reaching new heights, a
wind industry executive has been singling out Dr Sarah Laurie in a bid to make the public forget the many other
health professionals who alert the public to the dangerous
effects of wind turbines: «[T] he largest public relations issue for the industry at the moment is the theory
of an ex-doctor that infrasound or low frequency noise from
wind turbines is likely to make anyone within 10 km
of a
wind turbine sick» (2).
Of course that «evidence» should at least meet the same criteria as demanded by the NHMRC in respect to a «causal link» in respect of ill - health effects and «wind farms»
Of course that «evidence» should at least meet the same criteria as demanded by the NHMRC in respect to a «causal link» in respect
of ill - health effects and «wind farms»
of ill -
health effects and «
wind farms»!
A 2009 study on the negative
effects of power generation by the Australian Academy
of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), «The hidden costs
of electricity: externalities
of power generation in Australia» calculated the greenhouse impacts and
health damage costs
of different power generation technologies including coal, gas,
wind, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, geothermal, carbon capture and storage, and nuclear energy, and determined that
health costs
of burning coal are equivalent to a national
health burden
of around $ A2.6 billion per annum.
The people
of Ontario see the environmental damage being done and the
effects on people's
health from high - impact
wind power development — this process has to change.»
Independent Senator for Victoria John Madigan has welcomed the announcement
of a study into the
effects of wind farms on human
health, while calling for a moratorium on all future windfarm developments pending its outcome.
This, and then following, a mere month later, Ms. Xiong's assertions and papering
of an opinion that there are no ill
health effects possible from industrial
wind, specifically the Shirley project, where there has been an almost Biblical recording
of human suffering.
November 28, 2009
Wind Turbine Syndrome: Clinical study of health effects of large wind turbines publi
Wind Turbine Syndrome: Clinical study
of health effects of large
wind turbines publi
wind turbines published
Interestingly it would also suggest that the efforts
of organisations like The Waubra Foundation and Sarah Laurie, with their foretelling
of a
health catastrophe brought about by
wind turbines, are having no adverse
effect on
health (or again, only in a few people).