Concern over public health prompts Wisconsin Towns Association to call for a moratorium on wind farms.

UNDATED (WSAU)   The Wisconsin Towns Association wants a moratorium on wind energy farms. The group voted this week to ask the state not to approve any more wind turbines, until further health studies are done. A recent study by Clean Wisconsin and four independent groups found that residents of a home south of Green Bay suffered nausea, after a nearby wind farm produced barely-audible sounds from its turbines. The groups suggested more health studies.

The Towns Association says those studies should be done, and solutions should be found. The group also says the state’s wind-energy siting rule needs to be modified accordingly.[WNFL 1440]

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  Below is link to the above mentioned report recently submitted to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission, regarding Low frequency noise and infrasound at the Shirley Wind Farm in Brown County, Wisconsin.

The following statement on page 8 of this report highlights the importance of its results.

 "The four investigating firms are of the opinion that enough evidence and hypotheses have been given herein to classify LFN and infrasound as a serious issue, possibly affecting the future of the industry. It should be addressed beyond the present practice of showing that wind turbine levels are magnitudes below the threshold of hearing at low frequencies."

  Link

A Measurement Survey and Analysis of Low Frequency and Infrasound at the Shirley Wind Farm in Brown County, Wisconsin