Here is Tiny the Turbine.

http://cartoonsbyjosh.co.uk/tiny-the-turbine -order your copies here and donate to a school near you

Tiny the Turbine is a story written by Lyndsey Ward with cartoons by Josh.

STT have done a great job for Tiny : Wind Industry Pummels Pupils with Wind-Cult Propaganda in Schools

Lyndsey was asked to write a children’s book to counter the wind propaganda that has been allowed into schools.

It follows on from her tale of Subsidy Sam, a satire primarily for adults also written to counter wind industry spin.

Those who are concerned at the indoctrination of children regarding industrial wind development should ensure that a copy of Tiny the Turbine is given to their local school to show the other side of the wind ‘education’ currently received by our children.

Press Release Tiny the Turbine. Scotland

Subsidy Sam can be downloaded here

Greetings from the North American Platform Against Wind Power. Millions of people around the world join you today in spirit and voicing their support for your protest, and in solidarity with your objectives. Thank you very much for this opportunity to address you via the organizers, Dave Moriarty, Frank Haggarty, and Marsh Rosenthal, and so many more, although we had wished very much to be with you in person.

We are very aware of the Falmouth history: We have sadly watched it unfold, as it does, regrettably, around the world in various formats, and with regularity, with the same sense of incredulity and dismay…………..

Download the full address here:

http://en.friends-against-wind.org/doc/NA-PAW_Falmouth_Protest_Document_of_Support.pdf

Address for U.S.A. demonstration 27^th Feb.2016. from Christine Metcalfe, Mary Young and Lyndsey Ward.

Thank you for inviting us to make a contribution to your wonderful demonstration here today. We are speaking to you from Scotland in the UK and we are united with thousands across the world fighting the same evil. The wind industry.  With over 2,200 anti wind groups we are a powerful voice and governments everywhere need to take notice of us.

Scotland is a country that has been ravaged and abused by its own government and multinational wind developers. A country rich in wildlife and stunning scenery.  Home to the most famous Loch Ness, now threatened by 500 monsters in the hills that surround her.  A country that has dispersed settlements of rural peoples who are routinely ignored and swept aside in the battle against the wind giants and our own government. People who can only survive on the goodwill of tourists who visit our beautiful country to marvel at our landscapes, seascapes and wildlife. There has been systematic destruction by wind turbines and the monstrous pylon lines that sweep through our glens and mountains to take any power far away to the cities. It is a crime against the environment. It is Ecocide.

There is a glimmer of hope that the majority elected UK government will remove all financial support to the onshore wind industry, saying targets have been met with current deployment and the available money has been used up. If this happens the greedy multinationals may well think twice about speculating if the rewards are not so mouth watering as to tempt them.

The Scottish Nationalist government is still fighting against this manifesto pledge by the UK government. They fight against us too and speak only for the wind industry to the detriment of Scotland’s own rural citizens.

Pleas from rural communities have gone unheeded and now we are seeing people increasingly looking at fighting the injustice of wind through the courts. An expensive and challenging process.

There are many people worldwide who are making a difference to this war on wind.  You should be rightly proud of those in your country, like the legendary Dr. Nina Pierpont and other professionals, who have waged an unceasing battle against great odds to alert the public to dangers to health associated with this technology. We are therefore delighted that Dr. Sarah Laurie is speaking to you on this subject. Few have suffered more in the way of libellous onslaughts which, happily, most the perpetrators have now been forced to retract.

The Australian Senate Inquiry last year is probably the first serious attempt seen in any country to get at the truth regarding debilitating health impacts seen.  Those submissions made are worth careful study as the evidence of harm presented from many quarters is potent indeed.

Not only are there direct health impacts like noise, infrasound and shadow flicker we have now been alerted to the frightening potential of water pollution. For those who would like a link to find out about wind turbines and associated water contamination please ask Dave and he will pass it on.

Authorities charged with the safety of drinking water and with wind power developments in their areas should be given a copy of the U.K’s ‘Request for Action’ as lodged by our own Susan Crosthwaite. They should be required to look at the correlation of wind farm developments in the upper reaches of river catchments and increased levels of flooding. They should also be required to plot wind farms in the upper reaches of flood risk areas.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is currently reviewing this on behalf of the Scottish Government following pressure from anti wind campaigners.

Water pollution is a very real threat to the health of citizens in the areas affected by wind development and must be taken extremely seriously.

Flooding is another risk as access tracks are hacked into peat land, moors and forestry. We all know water travels down the easiest route and it will follow the man made channels as near disasters in Ocotillo and Derrybrien in Ireland proved.  Peat is a carbon store and acts like a giant sponge to absorb rainwater. Chop into it and carbon gets released and the access tracks can facilitate a raging torrent threatening homes further down the hillsides.

Air safety is another serious issue.

Freedom of Information requests have been lodged in the UK and there is currently on-going dialogue with the Civil Aviation Authority about industrial wind turbines. We are asking questions regarding the negative effects of both radar disturbance and turbulence caused by close proximity to airports. Even if a technology eventually evolves to address radar issues,   it will not solve the problem of emergency landings with industrial turbines in the flight path. The light aviation world has already voiced concerns regarding anemometer masts being difficult to see until it is almost too late. It would seem there are no regulations to plot them on maps. With the tragedy in Dakota when four people perished after striking a turbine in poor visibility it is high time, with the worldwide tsunami of industrial turbine development, aviation safety was a priority.

It is astonishing that the wind industry gets away with doing so little to protect the people and wildlife their developments impact upon and that they are aided and abetted by our own governments.   They should be the protectors of citizens and not the pockets of the already wealthy multinationals and complicit landowners.

There is a woeful lack of public education on the whole wind industry over energy, environmental and financial aspects. It is possible that together with others regions around the world, your area may have many scientists and doctors employed by their (in your case federal) government who provide them with grants. So they can become extremely reluctant to even investigate or study the issue and risk losing their funding. This however results in the loss to citizens of much needed scientific investigation, and a pretence that it’s not happening – i.e. ‘ostrich syndrome.’ Which makes those who do speak out all the more valuable.

To end our contribution to this demonstration we felt it appropriate to use an adaptation of some of Winston Churchill’s famous words, taken from one of Scotland’s popular anti wind facebook pages ‘Wind Energy’s Absurd’ – the acronym will not be lost on campaigners gathered here today.   These powerful words emphasise the passion and determination to protect our homelands from the ravages of wind related industrialisation and its people from the threat of debilitating health impacts affecting them in their own homes.

‘We shall fight the turbines in the seas and the oceans, we shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight them in the fields. We shall fight them in the hills and on the mountains. 

                                    We will never surrender!’

Links. 

https://www.windsofjustice.org.uk/2015/10/air-traffic-safety-issues/ -scroll down for references

and: https://www.windsofjustice.org.uk/2016/01/re-decision-v9n-concerning-compliance-by-the-united-kingdom/ which has a whole section on civil aviation.

https://www.windsofjustice.org.uk/2015/11/water-contamination-and-windfarm-construction-update-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/

https://www.facebook.com/WindEnergysAbsurd/

‘Pilots warn of a disaster as wind farms flourish

LIGHT aircraft pilots have warned it is “just a matter of time” before wind farms cause a “disastrous” accident in Scotland.

By Paula Murray, EXCLUSIVE’

(Details of FOIs from Christine Metcalfe can be viewed below the article including this Very Important  Response to CAA. and this Very Important Re. Freedom of Information Act request.)

Read the original article

‘Small planes along with helicopters, gliders, microlights and other hobbyists make up the biggest user group of the UK airspace in terms of low level flying and contribute some £3billion to the economy supporting close to 40,000 jobs. Member organisations admit the fast-growing renewables sector has created some “fairly significant” issues which they have fought hard to resolve. Their main concerns relate to downwind turbulence from the turbine blades plus problems with visibility especially in poor conditions. The fast pace of development mean maps and charts are often well behind of the size of existing farms and new developments with anenometer masts springing up to scout potential development sites.

Last month this newspaper revealed RAF pilots had reported a catalogue of near misses with wind farms and are making over 1,000 manual corrections to their charts every month to try and keep up with the changes.

However, general aviation industry is also struggling with the pace of development. Last night the Light Aircraft Association (LAA) warned there was potential for a mid-air disaster.

LAA inspector Neil Geddes, of Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, said “Certainly there is a risk. “You only really understand how cluttered parts of Scotland are with wind turbines when you are flying a light aircraft – you won’t really get the picture tens of thousands of feet high on board a passenger plane. “They cause downwind turbulence which can be an issue but at least we can spot them and take evasive action. “It is the anenometer masts put up to measure wind speed and such like that are the real problem. They are practically impossible to see because they are so tall and slim. If you don’t know there is one on your flight path – and lets face it, it takes maps a year to catch up and by then there will be more of them – there is little you can do. “In certain weather and light conditions they will be impossible to detect. It’s only a matter of time before we have a disastrous accident in our hands.”

Microlight aircraft instructor Colin MacKinnon, who operates Scotland’s oldest airfield in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, near to Whitelee wind farm which is among the largest in Europe, said new developments had the potential to put people out of business unless they were willing to put up a fight. He added: “For about four years, I spent at least one day a week to respond to wind development planning applications and despite promises of community benefits we never received a penny of any funds, which is a bit frustrating. “If Whitelee decided to expand eastward and was given the planning permission to do so we’d be out of business. “While millions of pounds have been spent to investigate the impact and guarantee the safety of commercial aviation such as relocating radars to avoid problems with readings, very little has been done for the general aviation sector which is us. “One of the issues is turbulence. There is no research done as to how close to a turbine it will be safe to fly. We do not have the resource to fund such studies unlike the wind industry which has millions. “So we err in the side of caution. None of us is brave or stupid enough to be a test pilot to see how close to a turbine you can fly before your plane is ripped to shreds. “I think we are among the most experienced in the world when it comes to flying safely in the vicinity of turbines with Whitelee so near to us.”

Over the past five years there have been around 10,000 applications to construct approximately 24,000 turbines across the UK. With prime locations already in use developers are looking at alternative sites, many of which are closer to population and activity centres. A UK Government report to general aviation from earlier this year admitted some airfields had their operations threatened by wind turbine developments. The LAA also admitted some energy companies were eyeing “inappropriate” spots for their structures. CEO Stephen Slater said: “I would say that more than 90 per cent of the turbines run no aviation issues. “The general aviation sector is the main user of low level air space. It’s not just light aircrafts we are talking about but also helicopters, gliders, microlights, parachuters and so on. “But we do have certain factors that have to be considered. There is the risk of potential collision especially in poor, deteriorating conditions when turbines or masts near an airfield may limit the pilot’s options of approach and we know of the radar issues with turbines interfering with readings. “We are also aware of the concerns over turbulence with anecdotal evidence from pilots.” “But I would say that over the years we have developed a good working relationship with the wind energy industry to mitigate any problems that may occur.”

Meanwhile campaigners opposing wind farms have drawn information from abroad to highlight issues to aviation. Christine Metcalfe, of Loch Avich, Argyll, has requested confirmation under Freedom of Information legislation from Civil Aviation Authority that turbines and turbulence from them do not impact emergency landings at airports such as Prestwick in Ayrshire and Glasgow after receiving evidence from Australia, USA and Europe on safety issues. She raised concerns Whitelee was constructed without appropriate safeguards in place and now wants to know what sort of radar and safety impact studies were carried out prior the vast development went up. Ms Metcalfe also wants to know why there has been no studies into the effect turbulence from wind farms has on planes when the organisation itself said in 2012 there was an “urgent need” for an assessment. CAA has issued guidance to aerodrome operators saying a “large number of turbines in an area” will have a cumulative effect that is “of far more significant concerns” but it is yet to respond to the FoI request in more detail. The anti-wind farm campaigner said: “I have learned that during the early 90s the management of the CAA were very supportive of the campaign involving resistance wind turbines as they had real and valid concerns even then. It is a great pity that times appear to have changed somewhat – almost certainly due to governmental pressures. “Without the overall checks and balances in place for this technology, if such pressures were applied they are being proven to be misguided at best and at worst contributing to dangerous decisions being made.”

The renewables sector does recommend that aviation stakeholders are always consulted early in the wind farm planning application process and collaborates with aviation authorities and government to find solutions to radar interference or flight obstruction caused by wind energy developments. They also organise regular workshops and surgeries to bring both sides together to work on any issues that arise.’

End.

Letters were written to the Scottish Government on 2nd June 2015 under Freedom of Information rules and the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority)on the 8th  June, requesting answers to the following questions involving radar technology and wind turbines:

1. As wind turbines near airports are a risk to multiple lives, please provide examples of any radar mitigation software which has been proven to work.
2. Should there be any currently in existence and use, does the vendor of the software involved guarantee that no lives will be at risk by the reliance placed upon it?
3. Should the answer to both questions be that no such technology exists, may I have a written undertaking that when it comes to risk to multiple lives, decisions will be precautionary in that should such a technology be adopted, the software will have to be guaranteed by the vendor that no lives will be put at risk.”

These replies were received:

FOI-15-01068-Final response (2)

CAA 20150707 ReplyLetter

This was followed with a Very Important  Response to CAA. on 21st August 2015.

A further request with specific questions was sent to the CAA on 1st October 2015.

 Re. Freedom of Information Act request F0002371..  Neither have yet received replies.

A  Letter to the MOD was sent on 8th June 2015.

Dear Sir,

I have received a reply from the Health & Safety Executive directing me to the M.O.D. for a reply to the questions below as they deny having responsibility for such matters.   I am hoping that the M.O.D will not claim that industrial wind turbines are not a risk at ‘kill assessment’ because they can be spotted by aircraft – as this really begs the question. Clearly being ‘spotted’ depends on a number of factors – not least bad weather/foggy conditions.

1. As wind turbines near airports are a risk to multiple lives, please provide examples of any radar mitigation software which has been proven to work.
2. Should there be any currently in existence and use, does the vendor of the software involved guarantee that no lives will be at risk by the reliance placed upon it?
3. Should the answer to both questions be that no such technology exists, may I have a written undertaking  that when it comes to risk to multiple lives, decisions will be precautionary in that should such a technology be adopted,  the software will have to be guaranteed by the vendor that no lives will be put at risk?     

From M.O.D. 20150703-FOI-Metcalfe-Wind Turbines-FINAL to which a reply  is in hand.

 DECC received a letter on 17/9/15 asking:

Dear Sirs,

1. Please may I have answers to the following questions under Freedom of Information regulations.
2. How many studies have been funded or co-funded by DECC (or previously by the DTI) into the affect of wind  turbines on radar?
3. May I please have copies of any such studies?
4. Have they produced any solutions?
5. How much have they cost?
6. How many of the solutions are now incorporated into radar at airports  thereby allowing the safe operation with wind turbines nearby?

FOI 2015-19836 and a reply is in hand.

I was angered by the deceitful figures released by those who promote the renewables industry on the TV news and in various newspapers at the end of last week. I beg that the reader take these figures with a pinch of salt because power from wind and water is as variable as the weather so such figures should never be looked at in isolation, only as part of the big picture or a calculation of long-term averages. These people are either being deceitful or need to study basic statistical analysis; I suspect the former.

Firstly, they say that wind output rose by 20% when one period this year is compared to the same period last year. This is just cherry-picking; did they announce in the summer that wind output FELL by 52% despite 3% more turbines being operational when comparing the second quarter of this year with the first?

Secondly, they say that hydro output rose by 50%. I will now show the truth here. In 2009 UK hydro output was 5240 GWh (gigawatt hours), it had an all-time record fall to 3575 GWh in 2010 due to low rainfall, then rose back to 5690 GWh in 2011 (in other words by 59%). But this rise is indicative of a bad situation (that so much output was lost the year before), not a good one. This is a similar situation to what happened with the hydro figure released last week. I wonder was there a press release in 2012 saying that “Hydro output rose by 59%”.

I know it is hard to believe, but UK hydro output has had no upward trend since 2002 despite 500 new hydro schemes, costing hundreds of millions and paid for from your bills. This is due to new legislation that year giving new subsides which had the effect of hydro schemes being optimised for cash flow at the expense of  focusing on electrical generation. My data can be checked on the DECC statistics website.

Yours,

On 4 November 2014 I phoned a certain office bearer at RenewableUK to get a response to an email which I’d sent but he’d ignored. It wasn’t an anti-wind farm email per se, it was to ask why they weren’t campaigning for more schemes in the SE of England, so they could share the “benefits”. He apologised and requested that I send it again so he could look at it. I said there was no need as it was short and simple. I explained I had irrefutable and corroborating evidence that far from building the majority of schemes in Scotland, they should be going into the Home Counties, where they would perform as well as Scottish schemes, with the additional benefits of fewer grid upgrades and transmission losses.  And from the Midlands south they use 62% of the electricity. But with his lie after lie I wasn’t going to say nothing and accept them. This person is Bad with a capital B. Other disputes I’ve had at wind farm expos were nothing compared to this; he kept interrupting with his rehearsed pre-scripted responses and clichés; perhaps by the end he feared I was setting him up and recording it. It started cordially enough. I paraphrase. The parts where I’m speaking are in italics.

Each scheme is judged on it’s own merits. Your scheme in the South East was obviously in a place with a good wind resource. Others were rejected because eg. they were on a bird migration route.

Scotland has wildlife too, this doesn’t explain why there are maybe 100 schemes in Scotland but just 1 in the SE of England.

Each scheme is judged on it’s own merits. The Scottish Hills have good wind resources. The Tories say that if they get in power they’re going to ban onshore turbines.

Conspiracy theorists would say it’s because rich and influential people who work in London and commute from their Surrey villas don’t want these things blighting their lives.

You’re being cynical now. We’re pushing for a big expansion in the UK supply chain including UK turbine factories.

And by 2020 all the schemes in the north of Scotland will necessitate huge constraint because of slow grid upgrade.

This obviously isn’t ideal; we want to utilise every bit of energy. The grid used to be upgraded first but this meant connecting to nothing so it was changed to build wind farms first and the grid will catch up.

The grid will never catch up if they don’t stop building schemes.

We’re starting to put more and more offshore.

Offshore schemes get constraint too. Talking of offshore I just read about E Anglia One and it’s 5 extensions totalling 7200MW. If it were to be generating say 2000MW and the wind died, as I’ve experienced, it would be like 2 major gas plants coming offline.

Wind increases grid stability.

No it doesn’t.

Yes it does.

Let’s move on!

Didcot B caught fire the other week and went offline. National Grid assure us that their forecasts are accurate and that they have contingencies in place.

National Grid are not being honest because they’re scared of losing their jobs and pensions.

You’re being cynical.

Gas is different; major plants tripping out is quite rare and it’s been happening for decades and the Grid are well used to dealing with it. Wind is totally different as by 2020 you could have up to 29GW coming offline over hours across the UK. The whole gas fleet never goes all at the same time but it could happen with Wind over hours. And National Grid launched a document last week stating that that the margin this winter at peak consumption is only 4.1% which is about 3GW, dropping to half of that next winter.

But there’d be wind somewhere across the UK.

Not true, do you remember that 3 week low wind event across the UK in early September?

I’m not aware of it.

7,700 MW of metered wind fell as low as 109 MW at it’s lowest point which is about 1% of capacity and averaged only 633 MW for 3 weeks.

Those figures are not true. The UK Wind fleet does not drop to 1%. I don’t recognise that figure.

Check it yourself; you can download the last 3 months data for all power technologies from BMRS which is used by National Grid, and you’re telling me that you rely on National Grid so it must be true.

I don’t recognise that figure.

The main problem with Wind is that often there’s too little and often there’s too much. Your side are claiming that there are storage solutions to solve this. Have you heard of Cruachan pumped storage scheme?

No.

Cruachan can store about 10 GWh. How many Cruachans do you think it would require to fill in the gap left by Wind if we had only 5% of capacity on average generated from Wind over 3 weeks with 29 GW of Wind total capacity in a future 2020 scenario with all schemes in planning and consented that are likely to become operational?

I’m not going to answer that. We have a portfolio of renewable technologies which will fill the gap; like hydro and tidal.

Hydro provides just 1.5% of UK generation; tidal is years away from any significant deployment and provides nothing 4 times a day; there’s no way these can fill in for vast quantities of Wind energy going missing. Just guess a ball-park figure.

I’m not making a guess.

The answer is about 180. But your side never mention how you’d recharge these storage units afterwards as presumably the existing Wind fleet would be powering people’s homes and factories. And in addition to the subsides we’re paying for generating renewables, we’d need to pay an extra one to store the energy.

Never say never. We’re developing a range of storage technologies. I think batteries are the way ahead but there are others like conversion to hydrogen. There’s a game-changer coming.

Presumably pumped storage is the one which is most proposed because it’s the cheapest and most practicable one. The other main one, conversion to hydrogen, was invented decades ago. There’s a reason it’s never been deployed on a UK scale; it’s too expensive and has major problems in utilisation. Electrolysis plants are very expensive and only make sense if they’re running all the time, not waiting for an excess of Wind. Mass storage for Wind is unworkable, unaffordable. The cost would result in poorer people basically unable to afford electricity. Even if it were affordable, the supply chain could never deliver it; there aren’t enough engineers or rare earth metals etc, especially if it was tried globally.

Fossil fuel’s going to run out some time so we might as well start now.

I don’t get any of my data from anti-wind farm web sites; it all comes from your side of the fence.[here his tone changed]

Are you from an anti-wind farm organisation?

No, I’m a truth campaigner.

A “truth campaigner”. I don’t like where this conversation is going. I want this phone conversation to end now. You’re being aggressive.

I had 4 letters in the press in the last 2 months.

I don’t like the tone of this conversation; a minute ago you asked me if I’d heard of Alex Salmond [he hadn’t heard of SSE or Cruachan]. I want this to end.

OK we’ll finish there. Thanks for your time.

Planning Democracy have launched a petition to the SG for an equal right to appeal against consented applications.

See the blog to join the campaign: http://www.planningdemocracy.org.uk/2014/equal-rights-of-appeal/

ERA petition can be downloaded here.

“The vibrations induced by the operation of the wind towers (movement of the blades and the remaining existing mechanical equipment) have a frequency content concentrated in bands with medium frequency 3 Hz, 8 Hz, 15 Hz, 28 Hz, and especially around 55 Hz. We can see clearly that some of the bands may vary with the speed of movement of the blades (which in turn is correlated with wind speed).”

I am woken by frequencies T 3Hz

The link between Vibro Acoustic Disease (VAD) and Wind Turbine Syndrome (WTS) 

VAD is an acknowledged medical disease caused primarily by the frequencies of Infrasound (0 – 20Hz) and Low Frequency Noise (20 – 500Hz).  These frequencies are commonly grouped together as ILFN (0 – 500Hz). [1]

Respiratory pathology induced by ILFN is not a novel subject given that in the 1960’s, within the context of U.S. and U.S.S.R. Space Programs, its existence was being reported. [2]

Central nervous system disorders in workers exposed to ILFN were first observed 25 years ago among aircraft technicians. Concurrently, respiratory pathology was identified in these workers, and later reproduced in ILFN-exposed animal models. [3]

In 1987, the first autopsy of a deceased VAD patient was performed. The extent of ILFN induced damage was overwhelming, and the information obtained is, guiding many of the associated and ongoing research projects. [4]

In both human and animal models, ILFN exposure causes thickening of cardiovascular structures. Pericardial thickening with no inflammatory process, and in the absence of diastolic dysfunction, is the hallmark of VAD.

Depressions, increased irritability and aggressiveness, a tendency for isolation, and decreased cognitive skills are all part of the clinical picture of VAD.

In VAD, the end-product of collagen and elastin growth is reinforcement of structural integrity. This is seen in blood vessels, cardiac structures, trachea, lung, and kidney of both VAD patients and ILFN-exposed animals.  This means that blood vessels can become thicker, thus impeding the normal blood flow. Within the cardiac structures, the parietal pericardium and the mitral and aortic valves also become thickened

When echocardiography, brain MRI or histological studies are performed, structural changes can be identified, all consistently show significant changes in VAD patients and ILFN-exposed animals.

Wind Turbines are known to emit a broad spectrum of ILFN frequencies, with peak frequencies at below 5Hz.

In Portugal ILFN has been extensively researched, and occupational VAD symptoms have been  grouped according to length of exposure during work hours – see here

Those living and working near wind turbines are obviously exposed to Infrasound 24/7.  Exposure at night can often result in considerably sleep deprivation.

The detrimental health effects of sleep deprivation are well recognised medically.

The Hayes Mackenzie 2006 report which is often quoted by Government and Council officials gives a time to symptom chart for VAD. [5]  The chart is shown below, and is based on occupational exposure to noise (ILFN).

VAD SYMPTOMS

Stage 1 (Mild) 1-4 yrs:  Slight mood swings; Indigestion; Heart burn; Mouth/throat infections; Bronchitis.

Stage 2 (Moderate) 4-10 yrs: Chest pain; Definite mood swings; Back pain; Fatigue; Fungal, viral & parasitic infections; Inflammation of stomach lining; Pain and blood in urine; Conjunctivitis; Allergies.

Stage 3 Severe (10 + yrs):  Psychiatric disturbances; Haemorrhages of nasal, digestive & conjunctive mucosa; Varicose veins & haemorrhoids (piles); Duodenal ulcers; spastic colitis; Decrease in visual acuity; Headaches; Severe joint pain; Intense muscular pain; Neurological disturbances.

Among the most serious consequences of untreated VAD are rage-reactions, epilepsy, and suicide.

As a rough calculation, without considering sleep deprivation, the time of symptom appearance for ILFN induced WTS should be the VAD time, reduced by a factor of around 4.2 (turbine neighbours who live and work near turbines, 24hrs x 7days x 48working weeks = 8064 hrs exposure per yr, assuming 4 weeks holiday away from turbines; occupational exposure, 8hrs x 5days x 48weeks = 1920 hrs exposure per yr.  8064 divided by 1920 = 4.2).

Thus a 4yr VAD symptom exposure would manifest in 1yr for a WTS exposure, and a 10 year VAD symptom in 2.5yrs for WTS, which indeed appears to be the case.

IFLN INDUCED WIND TURBINE SYMPTOMS

Less than 1 yr:  Headaches; Dizziness; Sleep deprivation; Haemorrhoids; Umbilical hernia; High blood pressure; Fatigue; Tinnitus; Vertigo; Poor concentration & memory; Slight mood swings.

1-4 yrs: Nausea/‘seasickness”; Panic attacks; Annoyance, anger & aggression; Increased agitation of those with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and ADD/ADHD; Increased blood sugar levels.

4-10 yrs:  Thickening of pericardium and blood vessel walls plus other soft tissue damage.

Many other chronic health problems are thought to be created or accelerated, probably by infrasound-induced increased levels of cortisol (which lowers our immune system).

On 5 Sept 2014, the Waubra Foundation wrote to NSW Planning Assessment Commission regarding the  Gullen Range Wind Development [attached]. This letter contains much important information regarding ILFN.

The facts are clear:

1. Wind turbines emit ILFN, and can do so even when the blades are not turning.
2. ILFN is harmful to humans and other life forms, and can kill.
3. In the interests of Public Health, the Scottish Government and local Councils should immediately impose a condition on turbine applications that ILFN is measured before and after turbine erection.
4. ILFN monitoring should be a mandatory tool that is used to assess any reported health effects from turbines.

References

1.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17014895
2.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17315094
3.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16969569
   
4.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15273020
5. http://www.hayesmckenzie.co.uk/downloads/LF%20and%20Infrasound%20Noise%20Immission%20from%20Wind%20Farms%20and%20the%20Potential%20for%20Vibro%20Acoustic%20Disease%20-%20Malcolm%20D%20Hayes.pdf

The work of the Portuguese team in describing the pathological changes of Vibro acoustic disease is yet another sleeper for the health system.

Vibro Accoustic Disease is also largely unheard of: where internal organs have been damaged by low-frequency noise. Pilots, air stewards and people working on ships and submarines develop a hardening in their internal organs related to the vibration brought on by infrasound. It is now being found that this is happening to people and animals living close to wind turbines.

Portuguese-Supreme-Court-orders-4-wind-turbines-removed

(Read the judgement, in Portugese, here.)

Since 2008, the high prevalence of acquired flexural limb deformities front was observed in the
Lusitano stud farm. This work aims to evaluate this problem by reporting the results from tissue
alterations in the affected animals as well as environmental conditions and management
changes, which could have led to this observation.

Utrecht 2013 – Low Frequency Noise and Health (pdf 11MB)

Flexural deformation in foals

MINK FARM VET’S REPORT- Transaltion

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The Waubra Foundation in Australia are challenging the planning process which allows wind turbines to be developed so close to human habitation.

There is longstanding and growing clinical and acoustic evidence that industrial wind farm acoustic
emissions directly cause serious harm to the health and well-being of some of their neighbours.
The NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DP&E) acknowledges this threat caused by
wind farms and, for that reason, has instituted noise guidelines and imposes operational noise
conditions on wind farms. Unfortunately, these guidelines are seriously deficient in protecting against
this source of harm……….read the Submission_here

…….This submission also endorses proposals to roll back the mis-sited wind turbines and for a judicial
enquiry into the departmental maladministration that has allowed this situation to occur and the
Department of Planning’s systematic delinquency in favouring wind farm developers’ interests at the
expense of residents.

Sunday Express 24^th August, 2014

I’m abandoning my home over wind turbine illness

Credit: Paula Murray

A Pensioner is abandoning her Scottish dream home after more than a quarter of a century because wind turbines are making her life a “living hell”.

Kay Siddell, 69, and her husband John, 64, moved to their rural retreat at Old Dailly, near Girvan, Ayrshire, in 1988 to enjoy the peace and quiet of the countryside.

They saved for years to renovate their home, but after a 53 turbine wind farm, Hadyard Hill, was built, the pair put everything on hold.

For the past eight years they have tried to come to terms with the noise and visual impact, but now, with Mrs Siddell’s health failing and further turbines planned, they have finally decided to move away.

Remarkably, Mrs Siddell and her retired Army sergeant spouse plan to abandon the steading and a sizeable parcel of land in a bid to prevent any more wind farms being built.

The pensioner said: “The turbines are forcing us out. We don’t want to sell our property – which comes with 10 acres of land – because we object to wind farms and want to make sure the operators cannot buy this land for more turbines.

“So rather than trying to sell our home we are just abandoning it in a bid to make sure at least that small area remains turbine free.”

The mother – of – one said there was an application to extend Hadyard Hill by another 55 turbines and planning permission to construct another 20 within the vicinity of their property.

She said: “That would bring the number to well over 100.

“We already have the TV and radio on at all times to try and block out the noise. There’s the obvious noise you hear and the flicker which comes in, especially in the winter because of the low sun, and that’s terribly disturbing.

“Then there’s the noise you can’t hear which is infrasound.

“Within two weeks of the turbines being switched on in 2006 our cats refused to go out and eat or drink – eventually we had to put them down. I think it was because of the sensation or noise they got from the wind farm which we couldn’t feel or hear.”

Mrs Siddell, who used to work for the Ministry of Defence, is adamant the turbines are damaging her health – adding to the growing number of cases since the issue was first exposed by the Scottish Sunday Express.

She is even willing to have a biopsy to prove her internal organs have been damaged by low-frequency noise.

She said” “Air stewards and people working on ships develop a hardening in their internal organs related to the vibration brought on by infrasound.

“I would like to have a biopsy to test if I have any signs of this vibroacoustic disease. If the evidence is there the only reason it would be there is the wind farm, as I’ve never worked on board planes and I am no cruise goer.

What’s magical with this marker is that it could not be anything but infrasound damage.

“It could explain my stress levels which are causing other physiological problems.”

Using the money they saved for the planned renovation, the Siddells are now packing up their belongings and moving to England to be near their son.

The first removal load was due to leave their home last week, and the rest will follow soon.

Mrs Siddell said: “We were here long before any turbines went up. We always knew that because of our remote location, the day would come we would have to move out. However the day came much sooner than we expected because of the wind farm.”

Wind farm operators and trade groups insist there are no proven links between turbines and ill health.

Credit: Paula Murray, Sunday Express, Scotland

Turbines Are Making Me Ill, Too, Says Teresa Glen from Fife, in Scotland

By Paula Murray:  Sunday Express 17th August 2014

More people across Scotland have come forward complaining of “wind turbine syndrome” after the health fears were exposed by the Sunday Express.

Last week we revealed the Scottish Government has commissioned a survey into the impact of wind farms on communities, including any potential noise and health problems.

Former army captain Andrew Vivers, from Glamis, Angus, has been suffering from insomnia, tinnitus and dizzy spells since turbines were erected near his home, and he blames low-frequency noise, known as infrasound, for his deteriorating health. Now a number of others have echoed his story saying they feel as if they are being “tortured” out of their own homes.

Teresa Glen, 55, developed ear problems and migraines shortly after the Little Raith wind farm, near her home in Lochgelly, Fife, was switched on about a year and a half ago.

The grandmother developed tinnitus which feels like “constant screaming” in her head, and last year a specialist diagnosed “substantial damage” to her inner ear and significant hearing loss. Ms Glen, an artist, said: “The damage was akin to something a person who has worked in an industrial setting – like a factory – or on roadworks would be expected to have. “But I haven’t worked in either. The only explanation I have for this are the turbines.” Ms Glen said she also struggles to sleep at night, and she feels the presence of the wind farm constantly, yet Fife Council has turned down her request for a new home. She added: ”I am not the only one feeling the impact. There are people here who have been examined for dental issues after they developed a strange pain going down their cheekbones to their jaw. “I have the same and I know it’s nothing to do with teeth. Someone else here has epilepsy that has been under control but had a fit and fell down the stairs as a result. However, people are scared to speak out or they simply haven’t made the connection.” Ms Glen’s son, James, who lives nearby, believes his own daughter, six-year-old Amy, may also have been affected by the wind farm. He said: “We noticed she started to speak really loudly and also that her pronunciation was suffering. “There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with her hearing, and after seeing a speech therapist she was fine – but the symptoms are coming back.” The nearest turbines to Ms Glen’s home are less than a mile away, but the wind farm, owned by Manchester-based Kennedy Renewables, has applied for an extension which would bring them within 900 metres.

Official guidance says turbines should be no closer than 2km – around 1.5 miles – to homes, and with Little Raith’s capacity set to rise up to 29MW, the distance should be at least 2.5km.  Ms Glen said: “It is bearable when it is a calm day, but when the wind’s howling for two or three days without a break it is just torture. However nobody wants to know. I feel so alone with this.”

Meanwhile, in Dumfries and Galloway a pensioner who is struggling to sleep, said she has no energy, feels tired and listless most of the time, and has developed higher blood pressure. The 71 year old, who asked not to be named, added: “I have lived here for a good many years and had no problems until the turbines went up. “It would be easy to put it down to old age, but I have lived with a railway line at the bottom of the garden before and with a major road next to me and never have I gone through anything like this.

“Captured soldiers were apparently tortured by the constant dripping of a tap, and that’s how I feel in many ways. With the march of the turbines I think Scotland will end up a nation of nervous wrecks.”

Linda Holt, of lobby group Scotland Against Spin, said more and more people are contacting them because they feel their health is being affected. Ms Holt added: “This problem will only increase as turbines grow in height and number, and creep closer to communities.  “Teresa is at the end of her tether. The turbines have literally invaded her home and her body, yet she is trapped because she lives in a council house and the council doesn’t want to know. “The first duty of government is to protect its citizens. The Scottish Government is manifestly failing in its duty towards people like Teresa. “Instead it defends the interests of a largely non-Scottish wind industry.”

But Niall Stuart, chief executive of Scottish Renewables, the industry trade body, said: “We are not aware of any peer-reviewed, robust scientific evidence linking wind turbines with ill health. “Moreover, developments will only get through the planning system if they meet strict international standards on noise. “Once projects are up and running they are monitored to ensure that they are complying with their planning permission.”