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Can turbines generate health problems?
Living close to wind turbines can hurt your peace of mind, job performance and health, according to some health experts and researchers.
"If you're within a mile, you're asking for trouble," said Alex Salt, an otolaryngology professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
October 5, 2011
by Lou Wilin
in The Courier
Living close to wind turbines can hurt your peace of mind, job performance and health, according to some health experts and researchers.
"If you're within a mile, you're asking for trouble," said Alex Salt, an otolaryngology professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
Air Energy TCI, a company which plans to erect wind turbines between Arcadia, Fostoria and New Riegel, would locate some within one-third of a mile of a home, the company's development manager, Rory Cantwell, said Tuesday. He said Air Energy's standard exceeds the state standard by more than 500 feet.
"(Wind turbines) don't emit enough noise to do any permanent... [continue via Web link]
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