Health Protection Team 5 Public Health Department Afton House Allsa Hospital . Dalmellington Road Ayr Arran KA6 BAB Date l9" October 20ft} Your Ref Our Ref Enquiries to Hazel Henderson am writing in response to concerns raised by the Fairlie Community Council regarding Whether complaints of dizzmess and nausea could be linked to the towering Wind turbines at Hunterston Although the Public Health Department has not been contacted directly about these concerns, have written to you because we have a lead role in protecting our population from enVironmental hazards As such, have investigated these concerns further, and Write to present my findings It is important to point out that have no conflict of interest' and that my role is to prOVlde an objective and scientific assessment of these concerns ln orderto assess Whether complaints ofdizzmess and nausea could be linked to the Wind turbines at Hunterston' have conducted the folloWing 1 Revrewed the available International scientific research to establish whether Wind turbines cause health effects 2 Analysed lanonyrnised) local GP data gomg back 8years to establish whether these had increased in the surrounding population since Wind turbines became operational at Hunterston Conclusionsfrom current scientific research Use of Wind turbines/Wind farms is now common in many parts of the world. so there is a range of research available to allow assessment of whether Wind turbines are known to cause health problems have used the highest quality research that is available' including evrdence reViews conducted by independent bodies Using these methods has enabled me to present an independent View based on the best research that is currently available at the time of writing Do wind turbines cause ill health? The available literature concludes the follovving 0 There is no peer revrewed sCientifIc data to support a claim that Wind turbines are causing disease oradverse health effects in humans I There ie ne etridence fer eet bf heelth effecte frern eebeeure te wind turbinee thet ceuld be cherecterieed ee 'wind turbine eyndrerne'. The evidence en which thie cleirn hee been rnede ie ef dueetieneble duelitu end net breve ceueehen. I Aeeurning thet reberted ere eelelgr releted te en eeurce leg. wind turbineel witheut eveluetind fer ether knewn ie net ceneietent with beet practice in rnedicine. The ecientific etridence net eubbert ceueel link between wind turbinee and ill health. Heweirer, in erderte intreetigete ueur dueetien hcwe enelgreed general practice dete frern EUDQ te 2018 te ascertain whether there wee en in reberting bf eince the wind turbinee begen ebereting. The date, beth fer Feirlie end fer ether te the turbinee. de net ehew entr in number ef beeble reberting eurnbterne ef te their GP, fellewing the inetelletien ef the firet wind turbine at Huntereten. The nurnbere have been reletwelgr ceneietent ueer?en-greer. Te cenclude, there ie ne centrincing evidence that the reberted ef endfer in the Feirlie Cernrnuniw ere ceueed by the Huntereten wind ferrn. eitheugh the internetienel itereture eudgeete that wind ferrne can lead te cencerne frern the public, cencerne ebeut health impact are net eubberted by deed duelitgr hebe that the Feirlie Cernrnunitgr Ceuncil ie by eur intreetigetiene inte their cencerne. weuld eekthet yeu ehere thie inferrnetien with rnernbere efgreur Cernrnunitgr Ceuncil te helb ellegr any heelth?releted entrietiee the public rnegr heire ebeut the wind turbinee. In the meantime, I weuld recernrnend thet engr reeidente whe henre eignificent cencerne ebeut their health rnedicel eittentien. There are rnengr different ef end end if ere eetrere er engeind, beeble weuld be well advised te further rnedicel frern their GP. ?r?eure eincerelgr Hazel Henderson MA [Hens] MS: MS: Eeneultent in Public Health Medicine If 2 mg?tl?ler t1} Pr??tEEt and .156