Response to Professor Leventhall’s Comments to Australian Federal Senate Inquiry into Excessive Noise from Wind Farms Bill
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Firstly, Professor Leventhall has stated in his comment in paragraph No 4 of his response to the senate concerning the issue I raised about the 2003 DEFRA report and the exclusion of it from the NHMRC’s Rapid Review, that “I was the author of the 2003 report, reference 7 of Dr Laurie’s submission. LFN and Infrasound from wind turbines were not considered in the report as they were not believed to be a problem”
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