BLOODY FRACKING UNBELIEVABLE!

The New York State Assembly is including an independent health impact study of Hydraulic Fracturing for natural gas in its budget proposal.

The Assembly bill would set aside $100,000 for a study by a school of public health within the state university system following a model recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Because New York States development of the Marcellus Shale has been on hold since 2008, the study would require looking into research from states' that have experiences with Fracking;
Additionally, the study will look at health related economic impacts as well, E.g. insurers, employers and the health care system; and a long-term plan for monitoring and mitigating health impacts.

"This study will go a long way to answer the many questions New Yorkers have about what Fracking would mean for their health if this goes forward," Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, who proposed the study,

A spokesperson for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NDRC) , A group that is in support of this Assembly bill, noted there are numerous reports of health complaints among people who live near natural gas drilling and Fracking operations. Those health issues include eye irritation, dizziness, nasal and throat irritation, respiratory symptoms, nausea, fatigue, headaches, anxiety and other ailments.

"New York State has to date failed to take a hard look at the health impacts of Fracking," said Katherine Nadeau of NRDC. "By calling for an independent study of fracking's health impacts, the Assembly is leading the charge to provide state leaders with the science necessary to make informed decisions."[1]

When is New York State going to take a hard look at the impacts of Industrial Wind turbines ?

An independent study conducted by Dr.Nina Pierpont revealed that many people living within 2 km (1.25 miles) of these spinning giants get sick. So sick that they often abandon (as in, lock the door and leave) their homes. In a book by Dr. Nina Pierpont she explains how turbine infrasound and low frequency noise (ILFN) create the seemingly incongruous constellation of symptoms she has christened Wind Turbine Syndrome. (Incongruous only to the non-clinician who does not understand Mother Nature's organs of balance, motion, and position sense. [2]

There have been “studies” completed to dispel the notion of Wind Turbine Syndrome.
The state of Massachusetts commissioned a panel of experts to conduct a “study” on wind turbines and their potential health impacts. However, this "study" was merely a review of existing data. Their “research” did not involve conducting any actual studies in Massachusetts or anywhere else. Consequently, they found no data that indicated that land-based wind turbines Caused harm [3]

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) & The Canadian Wind Association (CANWEA) commissioned the same type of bogus study comprised of a scientific advisory panel to evaluate a compilation of selected data; in order to craft a document that would reassure the public that exposure to wind turbine sound does not pose a risk to human health. Their review of scientific literature on wind turbine sound and human health concluded that there is no direct link between the sound of wind turbines and human physical health.
They reported that to date, no peer-reviewed articles demonstrate a direct causal link between people living in proximity to modern wind turbines, the noise they emit and resulting physiological health effects.[4]

When I read the AWEA White paper the authors seemed to be saying that what was making the complaints about adverse health effects unscientific was the fact that there were no scientific studies to support the data. However, scientifically supported data would be a prerequisite to justify a scientific study. [5]

The Massachusetts study and the AWEA/Canwea "studies" are tired reviews of old data.
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Additionally, May of 2011, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued the Federal Government to protect NY residents from Hydrofracking,
Schneiderman: Feds Have an Obligation to Protect Public Health & Safety – We Will Force Them to Do So.[6]

When will Eric Schneiderman intervene on the behalf of residents of New York State concerning the health effects caused by Industrial Wind energy production? Wind energy production is not a benign process; it may be called green but it is not. There are human consequences when turbines are improperly sited.

If AG Schneiderman and green groups supporting Industrial Wind , truly cared about the health and welfare of the citizens of New York State, they would have seen to it that an epidemiological study evaluating the effects of wind turbines and human health was done.


[1]
Tribe live Special Report
[2]
Wind Turbine Syndrome
[3]
Massachussetts Department of Environmental protection
[4]
AWEA BLOG
[5]
AWEA /CANWEA White paper
[6]
YNN Syracuse , Oswego, Auburn