Ernie Marshall, who
lives near a wind farm in Goderich, Ontario, said that once the turbines got rolling, his health began to suffer.
Residents
living near a wind farm have reported sheltering in their homes when lumps of ice were thrown from blades from a 410 - ft high turbine near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
There would be an unacceptably high impact on too many residents
living near the wind farm.
There are many other people
living near the wind farm who have not reported health complaints.
«PEOPLE
living near wind farms face a greater risk of suffering health complaints caused by the low - frequency noise generated by turbines, a groundbreaking study has found.»
On the other hand it is true that some wind farm companies have acted unethically at times, with insufficient consideration for the people who are going to be
living near wind farms at other times, and they generally emphasize the advantages and down - play the disadvantages of wind turbines.
There is a need to actively engage people who may be
living near wind farms in their development at an early stage, provide accurate health advice, and track and manage complaints appropriately.»
It should be said that there was a very large overlap in the responses of the participants in the Noise and Health study; many subjects
living near wind farms had better sleep than many who lived further away.
People exposed to infrasound and low - frequency noise in a laboratory (at much higher levels than those to which people
living near wind farms are exposed) experience few, if any, effects on body functioning.
Not exact matches
Mr. Eric Erhard is a retired professional engineer who
lives near a proposed
wind farm in southern Ontario.
He went on to say «It found many people
living near wind turbines at a
wind farm near Cape Bridgewater in Victoria are suffering health complaints caused by low - frequency noise generated by
wind turbines».
If you don't want to
live near a road, power station or
wind farm, surely that's as good a reason as you need to challenge the argument for their construction
near you — to ask why it was necessary, rather than take the claims that it is necessary at face value.
It suggested that the most likely cause of the decline is the fact that birds are less likely to
live and breed
near wind farms because of the noise and development.
Ontario's Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change received thousands of formal complaints from people
living near industrial
wind turbines, but did little about it, a coalition of groups and individuals opposed to
wind farm development is charging.
People who
live near a proposed
wind farm have very little to lose by welcoming the development, and much to gain.
In a piece published in The Conversation; 2018/05/02; 1,700 people
living near 250
wind farms across 34 US states were asked how they felt about being close to turbines.
Unnecessarily frightening people and making them anxious about
wind farms that millions
live near all over the world is hugely irresponsible.
The problem first came to light when residents
living near Europe's largest
wind farm, the 215 turbine Whitelee
farm in Ayrshire, began to suffer from diarrhoea and severe vomiting.
For example, Pacific Hydro, which has built a
wind farm near my home town, Crystal Brook, gives $ 50 000 each year for community projects for the
life of the
wind farm.
It involved 358 people
living near the Waterloo
Wind Farm and the proposed Stony Gap and Robertstown wind fa
Wind Farm and the proposed Stony Gap and Robertstown
wind fa
wind farms.
Investigations undertaken when developing these Guidelines determined that the potential risk for epileptic seizures and distraction of drivers is negligible to people
living, visiting or driving
near a
wind farm.»
Others who are prominent in the campaign against
wind power
live nowhere
near a
wind farm or a proposed
wind farm.