Aussie states questioned on health-based wind farm restrictions

Groups have called on state governments to explain wind farm restrictions sans credible evidence of its il effects on people's wellbeing.

A statement by the Climate and Health Alliance - a coalition of 20 groups, including the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Australian Psychological Society - challenges the Victorian and NSW governments to justify new regulations that give households power to block turbines within two kilometres of homes.

The two-kilometre right-of-veto in Victoria is supported by anti-wind farm group the Landscape Guardians, which says turbines are causing heart problems, migraines, chronic sleep disturbance and loss of balance.

Alliance convener Fiona Armstrong said no credible evidence had been published in peer-reviewed scientific literature linking turbines and pathological health problems.

''It is not clear why these planning decisions have been taken and we would urge governments to look at what the scientific literature says and not be influenced by vested interests,'' she said.

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