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Windfarm Sickness Spreads By Word of Mouth
eldavojohn writes "Just like the many stories surrounding alleged 'Wi-Fi sickness,' research is now showing that windfarm sickness spreads by word of mouth instead of applying universally to windfarms. Areas that had never had any noise or health complaints were suddenly experiencing them after 2009 when anti-wind groups targeted populations surrounding windfarms. From the article, 'Eighteen reviews of the research literature on wind turbines and health published since 2003 had all reached the broad conclusion that there was very little evidence they were directly harmful to health.' While there's unfortunately no way to prove that someone is lying about how they feel, it's likely a mixture of confirmation bias, psychosomatic response, hypochondria, greed and hatred of seeing windmills on the horizon that drives this phenomenon."
Yes, it's real. It's what the general impact of the TMI meltdown was. Very little attributable to actual radiation, but lots of panic and stress related health affects.
In the long run I imagine we will see the same with Fukushima.
I love it when the greenies insist on Sea Salt because it's more 'organic' than the other stuff (which they seem to believe is made in one of the dreaded 'refineries' or something...)
I don't know much about your imaginary greenies. I've never met one. Are the the same as the greenies Rush Limbaugh is so scared of? The ones that want every one to live in caves? Creepy!!!
I'm a foodie and a scientist. Did you know that sea water and blood contain the same ratios of electrolytes? Your blood is just more diluted. Sodium chloride isn't the only salt. Rock salt doesn't have the same ratios. Some of it is poisonous. The crappy stuff is used on roads. The better stuff is fed to animals, and the best is refined and fed to people, but it's still not the same ratios as sea water or your blood.
Sea salt tastes better. I can tell it apart blind. Specialty salts have all sorts of flavors. I've have this black Hawaiian sea salt that is awesome on a margareta.
Me? I want my salt to be as refined and inorganic as possible. Na and Cl in equal proportions, nothing more.
Bland and boring like most conservative bigots. I bet you drink light beer too.