{"id":13283,"date":"2011-02-08T14:31:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T19:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=13283"},"modified":"2012-01-21T12:48:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T17:48:17","slug":"wind-turbine-syndrome-in-denmark-physicians-letter-to-the-australia-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2011\/wind-turbine-syndrome-in-denmark-physicians-letter-to-the-australia-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Turbine Syndrome in Denmark: Physician’s letter to the Australia Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

From<\/span>: \u00a0Mauri Johansson, MD, MHH,\u00a0National Association of Neighbors to Giant Land Wind Turbines in Denmark<\/a>
\n<\/em>To<\/span>: \u00a0Australia\u00a0Senate Community Affairs Committee<\/a>
\n Date<\/span>: \u00a02\/6\/11<\/p>\n

\u00b7<\/span>
\nComments on adverse health effects for [Danish] people living in close proximity to wind turbines and wind farms<\/h4>\n

Denmark has for several decades produced and exported wind turbines. The size of these has been ever growing, measured in total height and\/or electrical effect [output].<\/p>\n

In 2007 the Danish government decided to start a huge project to establish 1,111 land-based wind turbines, several of them in parks\/farms in open land. \u00a0About 15 projects have been completed, with turbines of total height of 130 \u2013 150 meters and effects [power rating] from 2 MW up to 3-4 MW. Much bigger versions are under way.<\/p>\n

A few days after the new giant windmills were started up, and based on experiences of the small, older windmills, symptoms and adverse reactions appeared for people living in close proximity (up to 1,900 meters away). As a consequence, in the autumn of 2009 \u201dThe National Association of Neighbors to Giant Land Wind Turbines in Denmark<\/a>\u201d was established. It has been rapidly growing since, and now has 86 local groups, one to two new one appearing weekly these days, as several new projects are being started.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, only one small-scale research project was finished in 1994 in this country. \u00a0Its recommendations were rejected in favor of proposals from the wind turbine manufacturers and owners. The rules still in force require a setback from neighbors of 4 times the total height of the turbine. The noise limit requirements are modest, lower than those for industrial and traffic noise, especially at night and in silent areas, even if [though] we know that turbine noise is much more irritating and is present continuously. The control procedures are far from reliable.<\/p>\n

For the time being, the National Association is planning meetings with Parliament committees, ministers, environment authorities, while \u00a0local groups are active in the communities that are responsible for the projects.<\/p>\n

We very much hope the Australia Senate Committee takes the opportunity to create laws that require [safe] distances and noise limits for low frequency and infrasound—limits that are totally safe for human beings, not least children and old people, and animals—as an example for other countries worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u00b7<\/span>
\n Mauri Johansson<\/a>, MD, MHH
\nSportsvej 17
\n7441 Bording
\nDenmark<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From: \u00a0Mauri Johansson, MD, MHH,\u00a0National Association of Neighbors to Giant Land Wind Turbines in Denmark To: \u00a0Australia\u00a0Senate Community Affairs Committee Date: \u00a02\/6\/11 \u00b7 Comments on adverse health effects for [Danish] people living in close proximity to wind turbines and wind farms Denmark has for several decades produced and exported wind turbines. The size of these has been ever growing, measured in total height and\/or electrical effect [output]. In 2007 the Danish government decided to start a huge project to establish 1,111 land-based wind turbines, several of them in parks\/farms in open land. \u00a0About 15 projects have been completed, with turbines of total height of 130 \u2013 150 meters and effects [power rating] from 2 MW up to 3-4 MW. Much bigger versions are under way. A few days after the new giant windmills were started up, and based on experiences of the small, older windmills, symptoms and adverse reactions appeared for people living in close proximity (up to 1,900 meters away). As a consequence, in the autumn of 2009 \u201dThe National Association of Neighbors to Giant Land Wind Turbines in Denmark\u201d was established. It has been rapidly growing since, and now has 86 local groups, one to two new one appearing weekly these days, as several new projects are being started. Unfortunately, only one small-scale research project was finished in 1994 in this country. \u00a0Its recommendations were rejected in favor of proposals from the wind turbine manufacturers and owners. The rules still in force require a setback from neighbors of 4 times the total height of the turbine. The noise limit requirements are modest, lower than those for industrial and traffic noise, especially at night and in silent areas, even if [though] we know that turbine noise is much more irritating and is present continuously. The control procedures are farRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[163,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}