Resource Documents: AMA (4 items)
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Letter to AMA: audibility and effects of infrasound
Author: Rapley, Bruce
I recently became aware of your position statement on wind farms and health dated 14 March, 2014. I have to say that this public statement has given me great concern with respect to a number of points which I will outline for you. Your opening statement: “Wind turbine technology is considered a comparatively inexpensive and effective means of energy production.” This raises a number of issues that I feel are inappropriate for a medical organisation to comment on. Firstly, line . . .
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Letter to the AMA re its recent paper concerning wind turbines
Author: Waite, Geoffrey
I am a retired psychologist and was a member of both the Clinical and Counselling Colleges of the Australian Psychological Society when they were active. I have been in private practice for over 25 years as well as being the principal psychologist in a large rural hospital for five years. Recently I visited some areas of rural South Australia and Victoria and spoke with quite a number of people who claimed to be adversely affected by the operation of industrial . . .
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Adverse Health Effects and Industrial Wind Energy Facilities
Author: Krogh, Carmen
To: Dr Steve Hambleton, President, Australian Medical Association I am aware of the Australian Medical Association position (2014) regarding risk of health associated with industrial wind turbines. As background, I am an independent, full time volunteer and published researcher regarding health effects and industrial wind energy facilities and share information with communities, individuals, authorities, wind energy developers, the industry and others. I am a co-author of three articles, one a review, published in Canadian rural medical journals, Can J Rural . . .
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Open Letter to AMA on Position Statement: Wind Farms & Health 2014
Author: Laurie, Sarah
Dear Australian Medical Association Federal Office Bearers, As I have not received a response to a detailed email sent to the AMA President and the Vice President 4 days ago concerning the AMA’s position statement on wind “farms” and health, this is an open letter to you all. This matter is of considerable and increasing national and international interest, especially to rural residents whose health has been severely adversely impacted by existing wind turbine developments, some of whom have been . . .
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