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Resource Documents: Prince Edward Island (5 items)Unless indicated otherwise, documents presented here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch. These resource documents are shared here 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. • The copyrights reside with the sources indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Self-reported and objectively measured health indicators among a sample of Canadians living within the vicinity of industrial wind turbinesAuthor: Michaud, David; Keith, Stephen; et al. | Canada, Health, Noise, Ontario, Prince Edward Island This is the detailed description of the methodology used for the Health Canada/Statistics Canada “Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study”, the preliminary results of which are summarized at www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/noise-bruit/turbine-eoliennes/summary-resume-eng.php. From the summary of results: The following were not found to be associated with WTN exposure: self-reported sleep (e.g., general disturbance, use of sleep medication, diagnosed sleep disorders); self-reported illnesses (e.g., dizziness, tinnitus, prevalence of frequent migraines and headaches) and chronic health conditions (e.g., heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes); . . . More »
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