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Wind Turbine Facts & Fiction
  • Fiction: Larger turbines are more dangerous because they  turn more slowly

  • Fact:  Because large turbines turn more slowly they are less of a hazard

  • Fiction: Horses are frightened by wind turbines

  • Fact: According to the British Horse Society, there is no conclusive evidence that horses are frightened by wind farms

  • Fiction: It is not safe to walk under a turbine

  • Fact: It is completely safe to walk under a turbine
  • Fiction: Turbines cause epileptic seizures
  • Fact: There are no know or recorded cases of a seizure being caused by a turbine