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"I thought at first they were testing the F-35 fighter, roaring right over the mountain," said Mr. Potter, who estimates that he lives between a mile and a half and two miles from the turbines.
"It sounded like a jet airplane over there," said Frank Coulter, a town selectman who lives three miles east of the turbines on the Center Hill Road.
A half mile further east in Albany Center, David Lawrence said: "It was like a jet plane all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday."
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Vermont]
Wind farm noise does harm sleep and health, say scientists
November 4, 2012 by Andrew Gilligan in The Telegraph
November 4, 2012 by Andrew Gilligan in The Telegraph
"Participants living near industrial wind turbines had worse sleep, as evidenced by significantly greater mean PSQI and ESS scores," the researchers, Michael Nissenbaum, Jeffery Aramini and Chris Hanning, found.
"There were clear and significant dose-response relationships, with the effect diminishing with increasing log-distance from turbines."
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USA]
Wind farm called giant pain in the neck
October 30, 2012 by Marlene Kennedy in Courthouse News Service
October 30, 2012 by Marlene Kennedy in Courthouse News Service
Dozens of neighbors of a $200 million wind farm sued the companies behind it, claiming noise and lights give them migraines, make them nervous and keep them up at night.
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New York]
Scituate considers shutting down wind turbine at night
October 19, 2012 by Jessica Bartlett in Boston Globe
October 19, 2012 by Jessica Bartlett in Boston Globe
"There are probably 30 families anyway that have submitted e-mails and complaint forms to the Board of Health resulting from their personal experiences," Thompson said, "and those run the gamut - headaches, nausea, dizziness . . . it's sad what's happened to some of our neighbors here."
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Massachusetts]
Sheffield family's concerns over wind project noise see independent monitoring installed
October 19, 2012 in Caledonian Record
October 19, 2012 in Caledonian Record
Luann and Steve Therrien have been complaining since the spring about how noise from the turbines is impacting their family's sleep and more. ..."At Baily's [Luann's daughter] last doctor's visit, I voiced my concerns and she advised me move," she said. ...And Seager's [their toddler son] behavior is not good when the towers are loud." Special thanks to the Cal-Rec for permitting us to post this article in full.
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Vermont]
Moyne Shire wants more wind speed, background noise data before wind farm build
October 15, 2012 by Peter Collins in The Standard
October 15, 2012 by Peter Collins in The Standard
The state government is considering a request from Moyne Shire Council for more stringent testing of wind speed and background noise prior to construction of the Mortlake south wind farm.
It follows community calls for full disclosure to alleviate concerns about possible health effects from the proposed 51-turbine project.
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Australia / New Zealand]
In his latest report Dr Hanning said: "Industrial wind turbines emit a unique impulsive noise pattern, described as thumping, swooshing and rumbling. It contains a large element of low frequency noise which travels further and penetrates buildings more easily than high frequency sound.
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UK]
New wind turbines pose noise concerns in Florida
October 11, 2012 by Phil Demers in North Adams Transcript
October 11, 2012 by Phil Demers in North Adams Transcript
New wind turbine information still surfacing in the commonwealth and elsewhere has some residents concerned that their recently constructed, 340-foot tall neighbors could be noisy ones.
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Massachusetts]
The developer carried out its own noise risk assessment but the council has appointed an independent noise expert to assess the risk of noise pollution at the site.
NoPilrow spokesman David Maund said: "It is good Sedgemoor is taking the issue of noise seriously.
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UK]
Scituate residents say wind turbine is affecting their sleep, health
September 28, 2012 by Patrick Ronan in The Patriot Ledger
September 28, 2012 by Patrick Ronan in The Patriot Ledger
He said the turbine's humming regularly wakes him up in the middle of the night, causes his ears to ring and gives him headaches. He said other residents living to the east, west and north of the turbine have experienced similar problems.
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Massachusetts]
A review of the noise that would be generated by the wind farm under Fortum's plan was found to be in excess of night-time limits set by the Ministry of the Environment.
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Europe]
Scituate residents address wind turbine concerns with Board of Health
September 25, 2012 by Jessica Bartlett in Boston Globe
September 25, 2012 by Jessica Bartlett in Boston Globe
Dardi, a summertime resident of Scituate, said that since he moved back to town and found the turbine several hundred feet from his backyard, he has suffered from sleep deprivation because of the turbine noise.
Other residents who live nearby complain of ringing of the ears, dizziness, and vertigo, Dardi said.
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Massachusetts]
Wind farm noise ‘exceeds' acceptable levels
September 25, 2012 by Andy Keeble in North Devon Gazette
September 25, 2012 by Andy Keeble in North Devon Gazette
Although the full results from a measurement exercise are not expected until Friday, preliminary findings indicate that noise levels from some turbines are slightly above the limits set within the planning consent, in certain wind conditions.
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UK]
A provocative investigation claims thousands of people are falling sick because they live near them. The symptoms they claim to have suffered may vary – including dizziness; increased blood pressure and depression – but the theme remains the same.
School in Wotton forced to take down turbine after being given noise abatement notice
September 6, 2012 by Lucy Fulford in The Gazette
September 6, 2012 by Lucy Fulford in The Gazette
The school had been warned when it was granted planning permission in 2009 that if noise were to become an issue the turbine may have to be decommissioned.
Specialist engineers had worked with the school over a period of about eight months to try to reduce noise, but modifying the blade tips and even shortening the blades themselves had little effect.
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UK]
Wind turbines: unsightly and expensive, but are they also a health risk?
September 4, 2012 by David Atherton in The Commentator
September 4, 2012 by David Atherton in The Commentator
David Atherton catches up with Professor Carl V. Phillips for an exclusive interview on the health effects of wind turbines.
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Enercon, Europe's largest wind turbine manufacturer, has a problem: The decision of the Bavarian Higher Regional Court in Munich about the wind turbine in Kienberg points out that in the E 82 turbine emits pulsed noise. Therefore to any actually measured sound level three decibels would have to be added.
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Germany]
The Wiltzer family claims to have suffered from numerous issues as a result of the wind turbine's construction, including sleep disturbance, dizziness, stress, fatigue, weight loss, headaches, motion disturbance, and so on.
According to the suit, the members of the family live in a cottage in order to avoid the health effects of living near the wind turbine.
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Michigan]
The board said that GMP should look at the value of the land as it exists today on the grand list in towns, with the potential for development, versus the value of the land with the development potential lost because of project noise levels.
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Vermont]
Linda Alvarez, who lives on Collier Road, said she has talked to 10 of her neighbors who hear the turbine at night, and all of them are upset about it.
"They don't call it a windmill - it's a turbine,'' she said. "It's not just a whoosh, whoosh; it's a jet engine."
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Massachusetts]
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