Falmouth Wind Turbines Land Court Simmers - Setbacks Nearing 8000 Feet USA

Town of Falmouth vs Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals

Falmouth Wind Turbine Land Court Expert Disclosures Extended

The Massachusetts Land Court has allowed a motion for residents around the wind turbines to intervene in the land court case.

The discovery period closes on October 31, 2016.

The obfuscation and subterfuge of the Town of Falmouth hiding the Vestas noise warning letter from 2010 prior to the installations of he wind turbines has put the taxpayers pocket books at risk. The Town of Falmouth is spending up to $300,000.00 every six months on wind turbine litigation

These studies mean that wind farm operators cannot say there are no known effects and no known people affected.

Ambrose - Wind turbine acoustic investigation - Infrasound and low-frequency noise - A case study 2012 An acoustical study was conducted to investigate the presence of infrasonic and low-frequency noise emissions from wind turbines located in Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA. During the study, the investigating acousticians experienced adverse health effects consistent with those reported by some Falmouth residents. The authors conclude that the rapid onset of adverse health effects during the study confirms that wind turbines can harm humans if placed too close to residents.
http://bst.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/07/30/0270467612455734

Hanning - Turbine Noise Seems to Affect Health Adversely 2012 In a survey of people residing in the vicinity of two US wind farms, those living within 375-1400 meters (1,230 – 4,593 feet) reported worse sleep and more daytime sleepiness, in addition to having lower summary scores on the mental component of a health survey than those who lived 3-6.6 km (1.9 – 4.1 miles) from a turbine, with a sharp increase in effects between 1 km and 2 km. A New Zealand survey showed lower health related quality of life, especially sleep disturbance, in people who lived less than 2 km from turbines. A large body of evidence now exists to suggest that wind turbines disturb sleep and impair health at distances and external noise levels that are permitted in most jurisdictions.
http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1527.full

Jeffery - Adverse health effects of industrial wind turbines - 2013 Industrial wind turbines
can harm human health if sited too close to residents. Harm can be avoided if IWTs are situated
at an appropriate distance from humans. Owing to the lack of adequately protective siting
guidelines, people exposed to IWTs can be expected to present to their family physicians in
increasing numbers. The documented symptoms are usually stress disorder–type diseases
acting via indirect pathways and can represent serious harm to human health.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3653647/

Nissenbaum - Effects of industrial wind turbine noise on sleep and health - 2012 We conclude that the noise emissions of IWTs disturbed the sleep and caused daytime sleepiness and impaired mental health in residents living within 1.4 km of the two IWT installations studied. Industrial wind turbine noise is a further source of environmental noise, with the potential to harm human health.
http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2012;volume=14;issue=60;spage=237;epage=243;aulast=Nissenbaum

Phillips - Properly interpreting the epidemiologic evidence about health effects of industrial wind turbines on nearby residents 2011 There is overwhelming evidence that wind turbines cause serious health problems in nearby residents, usually stress-disorder-type diseases, It is always possible that further research will reveal that, under certain circumstances, turbines can be sited near people’s homes with minimal health risk. Such is always possible for any exposure, given the nature of science (open to additional information) and changing technology. But our current knowledge indicates that there are substantial health risks from the existing exposure, and we do not know how to reduce those risks other than by keeping turbines several kilometers away from homes. Dismissal of health effects cannot be seen as honest disagreements about the weight of the evidence.
http://bst.sagepub.com/content/31/4/303.short

Salt - Infrasound from wind turbines could affect humans 2011 Based on our current knowledge of how the ear works, it is quite possible that low-frequency sounds at the levels generated by wind turbines could affect those living nearby. We can conclude that based on well-documented knowledge of the physiology of the ear and its connections to the brain, it is scientifically possible that infrasound from wind turbines could affect people living nearby.

http://oto2.wustl.edu/cochlea/SaltKaltenbachAuthorManuscript.pdf

Local governments charged with protecting the health and welfare of citizens cannot say any longer that they know of no adverse effects.

Catarunk, Maine 7,920 ft. Moscow, Maine 7,920 ft.
Haut-Saint-Laurent, Montérégie, Québéc 6,562 ft.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania 6,000 ft.
Carteret County, North Carolina 5,280 ft. from all abutting property lines
Frankfort, Maine 5,280 ft. from property line
Umatilla County, Oregon 5,280 ft. from “unincorporated community”
Mason County, Kentucky 5,280 ft. from property line
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin 5,280 ft. from inhabited structures
Hillsdale County, Michigan 5,280 ft. from residences
Sumner, Maine 5,280 ft. from property line
Newport, North Carolina 5,000 ft. from neighboring property lines
Ellis County, Kansas 4,921 ft. from rural residences
Rumford, Maine 4,000 ft. from property line
Clifton, Maine 4,000 ft. from occupied structures San Diego,
California 3,937 ft. from residences Halifax, Nova Scotia 3,281 ft. from habitable building

Source :

https://www.lincoln.ne.gov/cit...