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Hanning, Christopher
Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Wind Turbines: Hanning
Summary Recent evidence confirms and strengthens my 2010 conclusions that wind turbine noise at the levels permitted by Australian regulations has unacceptable adverse effects on sleep and health. The NHMRC statement on wind turbine noise and human health fails in its duty to “build a healthy Australia” and to protect the public health by; reversing the burden of proof, applying an inappropriately high burden of proof and failing to properly apply the precautionary principle. They have, instead, applied the “reactionary . . . Complete article »
Hanning, Christopher
Statement of Dr Christopher Hanning
… I do not think that there is any dispute that adequate sleep is essential for human health and well being. There is a vast literature on the effects of sleep loss on brain function, the heart and circulation, metabolism to name but a few. Any thing that causes sleep loss will lead to ill health. I do not think that there is any dispute either that wind turbine noise emissions can disturb sleep and that this is the principle . . . Complete article »
Shepherd, Daniel; Hanning, Christopher; and Thorne, Bob
Noise: Windfarms
Abstract Windfarms consist of clusters of wind turbines, which, when placed in populated areas, are associated with intrusive and unwanted sound. A relatively new noise source, wind turbine noise has characteristics sufficiently different from other, more extensively studied, noise sources to suggest that preexisting noise standards are not appropriate. Though research into the human impacts of wind turbine noise has appeared only in the last decade and in small quantity, the data suggest that, for equivalent exposures, wind turbine noise . . . Complete article »
Nissenbaum, Michael; Aramini, Jeff; and Hanning, Christopher
Effects of industrial wind turbine noise on sleep and health
Abstract Industrial wind turbines (IWTs) are a new source of noise in previously quiet rural environments. Environmental noise is a public health concern, of which sleep disruption is a major factor. To compare sleep and general health outcomes between participants living close to IWTs and those living further away from them, participants living between 375 and 1400 m (n = 38) and 3.3 and 6.6 km (n = 41) from IWTs were enrolled in a stratified cross-sectional study involving two . . . Complete article »
Hanning, Chris
Wind turbine noise, sleep and health
Summary The principle purpose in regulating the noise emissions of industrial wind turbines is the protection of the sleep of those living nearby. Adequate sleep is essential for human health and well being. Current guidance, ETSU-R-97, was formulated in 1997 and has never been revised despite considerable research and evidence of harm. Wind turbine noise differs from other sources of noise, such as traffic, in character and in causing annoyance. “Annoyance” in this context constitutes a degree of stress sufficient . . . Complete article »
Hanning, Chris; Alves-Pereira, Mariana; Shepherd, Daniel; Hartman, Raymond; and Green, Lilli-Ann
Comments on Mass. Wind Turbine Health Impact Study
Chris Hanning [download] An objective review of the evidence, using the brief provided, would have noted: 1. The large numbers of anecdotal reports and simple surveys which together provide good evidence that wind turbine noise harms health at distances currently permitted in most jurisdictions. 2. The published evidence of research examining the effects on wind turbine noise on annoyance, sleep and health. All five main studies show objective evidence of adverse effects at distances currently permitted in most jurisdictions as . . . Complete article »
Hanning, Christopher; and Evans, Alun
Wind turbine noise — BMJ editorial
Wind turbine noise seems to affect health adversely; an independent review of evidence is needed. The evidence for adequate sleep as a prerequisite for human health, particularly child health, is overwhelming. Governments have recently paid much attention to the effects of environmental noise on sleep duration and quality, and to how to reduce such noise.[1] However, governments have also imposed noise from industrial wind turbines on large swathes of peaceful countryside. The impact of road, rail, and aircraft noise on . . . Complete article »
Nissenbaum, Michael; Aramini, Jeff; and Hanning, Christopher
Adverse health effects of industrial wind turbines: a preliminary report
INTRODUCTION Guidelines and regulations for the siting of industrial wind turbines (IWT) close to human habitation are generally predicated on the need to protect the sleep of the residents. The recommended setback distances and “safe” external noise levels make the assumptions that IWT noise can be regarded as similar to other forms of environmental noise (traffic, rail and aircraft) and is masked by ambient noise. There has been no in dependent verification that these assumptions are justified and that the . . . Complete article »
Hanning, Christopher
Sleep disturbance and wind turbine noise
Report by Dr Christopher Hanning, BSc, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, FRCA, MD, on behalf of Stop Swinford Wind Farm Action Group (SSWFAG) – June 2009 2.2.4. Noise interferes with sleep in several ways. Firstly, it may be sufficiently loud or annoying to prevent the onset of sleep or the return to sleep following an awakening. It is clear also that some types of noise are more annoying than others. Constant noise is less annoying than irregular noise which varies in frequency . . . Complete article »
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