Appendix: 247 symptoms, diseaseas and aberrant behaviours
In January 2012, I commenced building the list shown below of ever-growing claims made about problems in humans and animals that windfarm opponents attribute to exposure to wind turbines. All the claims below can be found in online sources, mostly websites of opponents of windfarms and submissions they have made to governments.
The list is now permanently located on the University of Sydney’s scholarship repository (http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10501), where links to sources for each claim can also be found.
Teresa Simonetti (2012) and Vince Cakic (2013) both assisted with locating many complaints during vacation placements at the Sydney Medical School.
| ‘arcing’ teeth | ADHD, aggravated |
| alcohol abuse | allergy-like sensations |
| anger | angina pectoris |
| appetite loss | accelerated ageing |
| arthritis, aggravated | asthma, aggravated |
| autism, aggravated | aversive learning |
| back pain | balance disturbance |
| bats, death of | bats, exploding lungs in |
| bees, threatened extinction of | benzodiazepine abuse |
| bleeding ears | blood in the urine |
| blurred vision | bowl cancer |
| bowels, ‘loss of’ | brain pathology |
| brain tumours | brain-derived neurotrophic factor, reduced |
| breast pain | breathing difficulties |
| bronchitis | bruxism |
| burst blood vessels in the eyes | cardiac arrhythmias |
| cataracts | cats, social problems in |
| cattle, aggression in | cattle, birth defects in |
| cattle, dancing in | cattle, death of |
| cattle, decreased weight gain in | cattle, electric shocks of |
| cattle, haemorrhaging of adrenal glands in | cattle, infertility in |
| cattle, reduced calving rates in | cattle, social problems in |
| cattle, spontaneous abortions in | chest pain |
| chicken, birth defects in | chicken, egg abnormalities in |
| chicken, infertility in | cognitive dysfunction |
| cold sores (herpes) | collagen, destruction of |
| collagen, excess | colon cancer |
| concentration problems | confidence loss |
| confusion | conjunctival haemorrhages |
| conjunctivitis | crabs, delayed metamorphosis in |
| crickets, increased mortality in | crying |
| deaths from ‘unusual’ cancers | decrease in visual acuity |
| delayed brain development | delayed healing of wounds |
| dental infections | dental injuries |
| depression | diabetes, adult-onset |
| diabetes, aggravated | diarrhoea |
| difficulty praying | gastrointestinal haemorrhages |
| dogs, bad behaviour in | dogs, behavioural changes in |
| dogs, ear problems in | dogs, epilepsy in |
| dogs, inappropriate urination in | dogs, itchy skin in |
| dogs, stunted growth in | dogs, reduced litters in |
| dolphins, beaching of | dream disturbances |
| dry eyes | dry retching |
| duodenal ulcers | dysmenorrhoea |
| ear pain | ear popping |
| eardrum perforation | echidnas, disorientation in |
| electromagnetic spasms | elevated salivary cortisol levels |
| emotionality | emus, death of |
| epilepsy | excessive urination |
| excessive sleep | exhaustion |
| eye discharge | family discord |
| fatigue | fever |
| fibromyalgia, aggravated | fluttering heartbeat |
| foot sores | forgetfulness |
| formication | frustration |
| fungal skin infections | goats, death of |
| groundwater contamination | haemorrhoids |
| hair greying | hair loss |
| hallucinations | hares, internal haemorrhaging in |
| headache | hearing loss |
| hearing, unprecedented ability | heart attack |
| heart palpitations | heart valve problems |
| heartburn | hip pain |
| hippocampal atrophy | horses, behavioural problems in |
| hyperacusis | hypertensive crisis |
| hyperthyroidism | immunodeficiency |
| increased climatic temperature | increased violent crime |
| indigestion | infertility |
| inflammatory bowel disease | intellectual delay |
| internal pulsations | irritability |
| ischaemic heart disease | joint pain |
| kidney damage | lethargy |
| leukaemia | lip vibrations |
| loose stools | loss of libido |
| lower respiratory tract infections | lung cancer |
| lung ciliary factor disturbance | lupus, aggravated |
| lymphoma | mania |
| memory loss, long-term | memory loss, short-term |
| Meniere’s disease, aggravated | migraine |
| minks, birth defects in | minks, premature births in |
| mood swings | motor paralysis |
| mouth ulcers | multiple sclerosis |
| muscle hypotonia | muscle pain |
| muscle twitches | nausea |
| nerve pain | nerve twitching |
| nervousness | neurological disturbances |
| night sweats | night terrors |
| nocturia (excessive night-time urination) | noise pollution |
| non-convulsive mental defects | non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma |
| nosebleeds | pacemaker interference |
| painful urination | panic attacks |
| parasitic skin infection | peacocks, behavioural problems in |
| pericardial thickening | pigs, increased mortality in |
| pituitary gland destruction | pruritis |
| psychiatric disturbance | PTSD, aggravated |
| reduced visual acuity | retching |
| scleroderma, aggravated | shaking head |
| sheep, behavioural problems in | sheep, birth defects in |
| sheep, blurred vision in | sheep, gastric ulcers in |
| sheep, infertility in | sheep, reduced wool quality in |
| shoulder pain | sick building syndrome |
| sinus tightening | sinusitis |
| skin cancer | skin rashes |
| sleep disturbance | sore eyeballs |
| sore legs | sound hypersensitivity |
| spastic colitis | speech delay |
| speech problems | staring blankly |
| stomach inflammation | stress |
| stroke | stunted growth of internal organs |
| suicidal ideation | suicide |
| sunken eyes | swollen glands |
| tachycardia | throat infections |
| thyroid problems | tinnitus |
| transient ischaemic attack | triglyceride elevation |
| unusual noises | uterine haemorrhaging |
| varicose veins | vertigo |
| vestibular illusions | vibrations in the body |
| vibroacoustic disease | viral skin infections |
| visceral vibratory vestibular disturbance | visual sensitivity |
| vomiting blood | water pollution |
| watery eyes | weight gain |
| weight loss | whales, disorientation in |
| worms, behavioural issues in | worms, death of |
| yawning |