David Mortimer: Open Letter on our wind farm experiences, 16 March 2014.

"A typical scenario goes something like this. A wind farm is built. Local residents are shocked by the noise they were assured they would not hear. They complain believing there must be a mistake or fault with the turbines. The local Council do not investigate directly. Instead they ask the developer to check for compliance with the conditions laid down when the wind farm was approved. This takes 3-12 months, sometimes longer. The operator can reduce the noise output using various control mechanisms and the Council would have no idea whether this had been done. Regardless, the developer demonstrates compliance with the imposed conditions even though the horrendous noise continues. After a year many complainants have given up, depressed when they realise they are alone fighting a giant with apparently unlimited resources they cannot beat. The Council realises it lacks the financial resources to fight the developer so they tell the complainants that the wind farm complies with the original ETSU noise assessment, so it cannot be a nuisance. The local residents are left to suffer. Why is nobody listening to their distraught voices?"

Dear AMA Federal Office Bearers,

As I have not received a response to a detailed email sent to the AMA President and the Vice President 4 days ago concerning the AMA’s position statement on wind “farms” and health, this is an open letter to you all.

This matter is of considerable and increasing national and international interest, especially to rural residents whose health has been severely adversely impacted by existing wind turbine developments, some of whom have been forced from their homes because of the serious adverse health impacts on themselves and their families.

Do Federal AMA members realize that there are no studies showing there are no adverse health effects on a local population after installation of a wind development, and there are no longitudinal studies which show there are still no adverse health effects after 25 years?

In other words, product safety has NOT been established, despite industry assertions to the contrary.

Brevet er publisert 18. mars 2014.

Husejere risikerer helt op til 9,7 decibel mere lavfrekvent støj med kæmpemøller som nye naboer, siger akustik-professor Henrik Møller fra Aalborg Universitet. Delta konkluderer alligevel i ny rapport, at stigningen kun er 2-3 decibel.

Miljøstyrelsen ved ifølge Henrik Møller fra rapportens data, at møllerne kan give overskridelser af grænseværdien for lavfrekvent støj inden døre, selv om de almindelige støjkrav er overholdt.

»Der er tale om ganske betydelige overskridelser af grænseværdien. De målinger, lydfirmaet Delta har gennemført, viser klart, at lavfrekvent støj bør være i fokus ved projektering af nye vindmølleprojekter. Det må myndighederne tage hensyn til i stedet for at benægte mulige problemer, som Miljøstyrelsen gør,« skændte professoren i Berlingske Tidende.