TENS
of thousands of Scots may be suffering from a hidden sickness epidemic caused
by wind farms, campaigners have warned.
The Sunday
Express can reveal that the Scottish Government has recently commissioned a
study into the potential ill effects of turbines at 10 sites across the
country.
More
than 33,500 families live within two miles of these 10 wind farms – which
represent just a fraction of the 2,300 turbines - already built north of the
Border.
Hundreds
of residents are now being asked to report back to Holyrood ministers about the
visual impacts, and effects of noise and shadow flickers from nearby wind
farms.
Campaigners
fear that many people do not realise they are suffering from ailments brought
on by infrasound – noise at such a low frequency that it cannot be heard but
can be felt.
One
such person is Andrew Vivers, an ex-Army captain who has suffered from
headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, raised blood pressure and disturbed sleep since
Ark Hill wind farm was built near his home in Glamis, Angus.
Mr
Vivers, who served almost 10 years in the military, said the authorities had so
far refused to accept the ill effects of infrasound despite it being a “known
military interrogation aid and weapon”.
He
said: “When white noise was disallowed they went on to infrasound. If it is
directed at you, you can feel your brain or your body vibrating. With wind
turbines, you don’t realise that is what’s
happening to you.
“It
is bonkers that infrasound low frequency noise monitoring is not included in
any environmental assessments. It should be mandatory before and after turbine
erection.”
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