Health

Follow these links to find resources on:

Complaints noted near operating turbines in MA

• Research Findings
• Pre-turbine baseline health assessment
• Symptoms and maintaining a health diary
• Medical and cognitive tests to do after turbine operation begins
• Filing complaints
• Personal accounts of people living near wind turbines
• Noise, Annoyance, Infrasound Low Frequency Noise, Vibroacoustic Disease
• Problems with the MassDEP/MDPH literature review, including
  • media distortions
  • submissions by researchers and medical experts

“Wind turbines can harm humans” is the title of a 2012 Carmen Krogh white paper. This four-page hand-out contains 54 references supporting statements that wind turbines impact human health.

Health is a right, recognized by the World Health Organization and the United Nations:

The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental
rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
• the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
• the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women,
• the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and
• the Convention on the Rights of the Child

“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for … health and well-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing, medical care and the right to security in the event of … sickness, disability…. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance….” —Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25