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Troubled wind?
As Maine preps for wind power, medical staff at Rumford Hospital say turbines may make people sick. Others beg to differ.
The phrase "vibroacoustic syndrome" started him Googling.
The worrisome set of symptoms - allegedly caused by exposure to low-frequency noise and linked by some to wind farms - sent him on a mission he didn't anticipate.
This week Dr. Albert Aniel, an internist at Rumford Community Hospital, mailed a letter to Gov. John Baldacci. He visited the Mexico Board of Selectmen. He's contacting every town manager in the River Valley.
February 15, 2009
by Kathryn Skelton
in Sun Journal
As Maine preps for wind power, medical staff at Rumford Hospital say turbines may make people sick. Others beg to differ.
The phrase "vibroacoustic syndrome" started him Googling.
The worrisome set of symptoms - allegedly caused by exposure to low-frequency noise and linked by some to wind farms - sent him on a mission he didn't anticipate.
This week Dr. Albert Aniel, an internist at Rumford Community Hospital, mailed a letter to Gov. John Baldacci. He visited the Mexico Board of Selectmen. He's contacting every town manager in the River Valley.
Aniel is not saying wind turbines make people sick.
Just that he believes they... [continue via Web link]
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