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<p>A number of independent peer reviewed research studies have concluded that there
is no evidence of health effects arising from infrasound or low frequency noise, generated
by windfarms that are built according to Government guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>For
example, a comprehensive study undertaken in the UK in 1997 by ETSU for the Department
of Trade and Industry (ETSU W/13/00392/REP) found no evidence that ground transmitted
low frequency noise from wind turbines is at a sufficient level to be harmful to human
health. These findings were confirmed by a study published in 2005 by the Applied
and Environmental Geophysics Group of the School of Physical and Geographical Sciences
at Keele University titled Microseismic and Infrasound Monitoring of Low Frequency
Noise and Vibrations from Wind Farms1. In 2003 the Department for Environment Food
and Rural Affairs published a report entitled 'A Review of Published Research on Low
Frequency Noise and its Effects'2 and in 2004, BERR commissioned Hayes McKenzie to
conduct an independent study to investigate the levels and effects of Low Frequency
Noise from wind farms3.</p><p> </p><p><em>1</em><em> <a href="http://www.keele.ac.uk/geophysics/appliedseismology/wind/Final_Report.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.keele.ac.uk/geophysics/appliedseismology/wind/Final_Report.pdf</a></em></p><p><em>2</em><em>
<a href="http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/noise/research/lowfrequency/documents/lowfreqnoise.pdf"
target="_blank">http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/noise/research/lowfrequency/documents/lowfreqnoise.pdf</a></em></p><p><em>3
</em><em><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/explained/wind/onshore-offshore/page31267.html"
target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/explained/wind/onshore-offshore/page31267.html</a></em></p><p>
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