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Are wind farm turbines making people sick? Some say yes

By KAREN DILLON

The Kansas City Star

Many place great hope in wind farms to produce = cleaner=20 energy that will replace some of the need for coal-fired power plants. = But=20 others say turbines are illness-inducing.

KING CITY, Mo. | Two brothers-in-law, a country road in northwest = Missouri, a=20 fistfight =85

Surely it=92s happened before, but probably never over wind = energy.

Last year, 400-foot-tall wind turbines were erected near King City, = some less=20 than 2,000 feet from Charlie Porter=92s house on his small acreage.

Soon the sounds from the blades swooshing through the air and other = noise=20 were driving Porter and his family crazy, he said.

=93The sound gets in your head like a saw and you can=92t get rid of = it,=94 Porter=20 said. =93Some people compare it to a train that never arrived.=94

Porter=92s complaints upset his brother-in-law, a Gentry County = commissioner=20 who helped bring the wind farm and new economy to the area, as well as = others.=20 In February, it spilled over into a fistfight between them, then a = lawsuit.

At the heart of the dispute: Just how healthy is the noise from wind=20 turbines?

Many place great hope in wind farms to produce cleaner energy that = will=20 replace some of the need for coal-fired power plants.

The 27 turbines in the Bluegrass Ridge wind farm were dedicated in = September=20 near King City.

But complaints about illnesses caused by the sounds that emanate from = turbines are just beginning to be studied.

One researcher calls it =93wind turbine syndrome,=94 a collection of = symptoms=20 that include headaches, anxiety attacks and high blood pressure. Doctors = in some=20 other countries have done research on people who live near turbines and = say the=20 sounds they emit make them sick.

Several researchers suggest that turbines should be set back from = homes,=20 schools and hospitals by more than a mile.

Kenneth Smith, a Kansas City area audiologist, says such = low-frequency sounds=20 can cause health disorders =97 but cautions that much more study needs = to be done=20 on turbines.

=93This has to make you nervous as a scientist,=94 said Smith, a = founder of=20 Hearing Associates and a fellow with the American Academy of Audiology. = =93It=92s=20 risky to draw conclusions.=94

The wind industry says the evidence so far is only anecdotal.

One thing is certain. For a lot of King City residents and nearby = farmers,=20 the Bluegrass Ridge wind farm meant dollars for the schools and the = town. The=20 turbines have even brought tourists just to gawk at them.

Porter said he is not opposed to wind turbines, but he began = complaining to=20 the county and others when he saw how close some of them would be to his = property, where he raises registered quarter horses. His wife works as a = nurse=20 in St. Joseph. Around his home are rolling hills and a couple of ponds = =97 and now=20 the looming turbines.

Once the blades started turning, he had another set of complaints. = Porter=20 said his family, including his 11-year-old daughter, has suffered from = headaches=20 and sleeplessness.

=93It=92s like somebody swinging a rope over your head,=94 he said. = =93Some days,=20 it=92s worse than other days. The only way you can get away from it is = to drive=20 into town.=94

In addition, powerful strobe lights come on at dawn and dusk, = lighting up the=20 inside of his home.

Porter said he has had the property up for sale for a year, but = can=92t find a=20 buyer.

According to a lawsuit filed in federal court by Porter, it was = during the=20 Christmas holidays that family emotions over the towers began splitting = at the=20 seams.

After receiving a threat from Commissioner Gary Carlson, Porter said, = he=20 drove out to meet Carlson and on the way called the sheriff to report a = fight=20 was about to happen.

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To reach Karen Dillon, call 816-234-4430 or send = e-mail to=20 kdillon@kcstar.com.

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