06-12-2019, 08:10 AM
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Donald Trump thinks Wind Turbines cause cancer
(Posted already, but worth posting again).
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...nd-cancer-cla/
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Donald Trump's ridiculous link between cancer, wind turbines
By Jon Greenberg on Monday, April 8th, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.
"Idiotic," said Sen. Chuck Grassley.
"It’s ridiculous," said Sen. Joni Ernst.
Iowa’s two Republican senators were talking about President Donald Trump’s comment that windmills cause cancer.
Trump made the off-hand remark at a fundraiser for the National Republican Congressional Committee. As he often does, Trump attacked wind power as an energy source. (We checked his recent Mostly False claim that it leaves electric grids at the mercy of the wind.)
"If you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations, your house just went down 75 percent in value," Trump told his fellow Republicans April 2. "And they say the noise causes cancer."
We asked the White House for evidence that wind turbine noise causes cancer. We didn’t hear back.
The health impact of wind turbines has been a topic of much conjecture. The Australian parliament took the question seriously enough to form a Select Committee on Wind Turbines. The group was sympathetic to personal reports of discomfort, and the list of ailments it heard was long: "tinnitus, raised blood pressure, heart palpitations, tachycardia, stress, anxiety, vertigo, dizziness," and more.
But no one complained of cancer. In its final 2015 report, the committee said more evidence was needed to establish a link to any illness.
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Full stupid Trump story at https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...nd-cancer-cla/ |
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