Resource Library Category: Health (115 items)
Documents presented here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch. This resource library is provided to assist anyone wishing to research the issue of industrial wind power and the impacts of its development. The information should be evaluated by each reader to come to their own conclusions about the many areas of debate.
Act relating to wind energy plants
Author: Potter, David
H.677.
This bill proposes to require standard setbacks, noise limits, and other requirements for wind energy plants that exceed 0.49 megawatts, to allow nearby property owners to waive these requirements, and to require that the Act 250 district commissions and appropriate municipal panels be the permit review authorities for wind energy plants not owned by Vermont electric utilities.
Sec. 1. 30 V.S.A. § 8008 is added to read:
§ 8008. WIND TOWER SITING REQUIREMENTS; ENFORCEMENT
(a) Applicability. This section applies to a plant that . . .
Wind Energy Industry Acknowledgement of Adverse Health Effects
Author: Society for Wind Vigilance
An Analysis of the American/Canadian Wind Energy Associations–sponsored “Wind Turbine Sound and Health Effects: An Expert Panel Review” (December 2009)
It is apparent from this analysis that the A/CanWEA Panel Review is neither authoritative nor convincing. The work is characterized by commission of unsupportable statements and the confirmation bias in the use of references. Many important references have been omitted and not considered in the discussion. Furthermore the authors have taken the position that the World Health Organization standards regarding . . .
Wind Turbine Accident Data
Author: Caithness Windfarm Information Forum
Maintained by the Caithness (Scotland) Windfarm Information Forum (the link below is to their site).
Go to: “Wind Turbine Accident Data”
Download original document: “Summary of Wind Turbine Accident Data to 30 September 2009″
Download original document: “Complete Wind Turbine Accident Compilation to 30 Sept. 2009″
Electrical Pollution and Wind Turbines
Author: Colling, David
David Colling of Ripley, Ontario, explains the connection between wind turbines and dirty electricity. Many rural residents who live in Industrial Wind Developments are experiencing many ill effects from these installations because of the electrical pollution. This presentation was made in Adelaide, Ontario, in September 2009 and is made available in 3 parts via You Tube by Wind Action Ontario.
Aesthetics, Environment, Health, Human rights, Maine, Noise, Property values, Regulations, Siting, Technology, Wildlife •
Residents of Vinalhaven, Maine, speak about wind turbine noise
Author: WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine
Vinalhaven residents discuss what it has been like living with the windpower project on the island. Produced by Mark Elwin.
archives.weru.org/voices
Weekend Voices 12/19/09
Executive Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Wind Turbine Syndrome: Executive Summary
Author: Pierpont, Nina
The core of the book [Wind Turbine Syndrome: A Report on a Natural Experiment] is a scientific report presenting original, primary research on symptomatic people living near large industrial wind turbines (1.5-3 MW) erected since 2004.
These are the findings:
1) Wind turbines cause wind turbine syndrome. We know this because people have symptoms when they are close to turbines and the symptoms go away when they are away from turbines. The study families themselves figured out that they had to move . . .
Prefiled testimony of David Lipscomb before Washington state EFSEC
Author: Lipscomb, David
Q: Are you familiar with the effects of noise on public health?
Ans: Yes. In addition to my work with the U. S. EPA, I have attended and made presentations to numerous International Congresses on Noise as a Public Health Problem. They include 1968 (Washington, D.C.); 1973 (Dubrovnic, Yugoslavia); 1978 (Friburg, Germany) and 1982 (Turin, Italy). These were gatherings of active researchers on the topic from around the world. Proceedings of the Congresses were produced and are contained in my library.
Q: . . .
Government suppresses noise protection expert advice
Author: Den Brook Judicial Review Group
New Evidence Shows that Government Suppressed Expert Advice to Lower Wind Turbine Noise Limits Intended to Protect Residents.
Summary
New evidence released by the Dept. of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) under a Freedom of Information (FOI) request shows that Government suppressed a recommendation by its own acoustics consultants to tighten current noise regulations on wind turbines in order to protect local residents from night time noise. This does little credit to the Department, and must be corrected immediately.
Introduction
In 2006 the Government . . .
Examination of ‘The Health Impact of Wind Turbines’, Published by Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit, June 2008
Author: Gulden, Wayne
In June 2008 Dr. David Colby, in response to a request from the Chatham-Kent Council, produced a paper that purported to be a review of the literature regarding various health issues relating to wind turbines. From its introduction: “This report will enable the Chatham-Kent Board of Health to make an evidence-based decision regarding the known health impacts of wind turbines from the current literature …”
As his report indicates, Dr. Colby is not himself a wind turbine health expert and thus . . .
Inadequacy of wind turbine noise regulations and their application
Author: Harrison, John
CONCLUSION
Regulations for wind turbine noise presently in force are inadequate to protect rural residents from annoyance and, in many cases, health problems resulting from operating wind turbines. The typical noise limit of 40 dBA needs to be reduced to 35 dBA. There needs to be a 5 dBA penalty for amplitude modulation. There needs to be an analysis of turbulent inflow noise, for both atmospheric and wake turbulence. The uncertainty of noise prediction codes must be . . .
