GREEN BAY, WI -- Neighbors of the Shirley Wind Farm in Brown County are demanding county and state leaders hear their pleas.
Many are upset over the county health director's conclusion last month that the turbines can't be linked to their health problems.
For the dozens of people who packed into tonight's crowded meeting in downtown Green Bay, they say they wanted to hear the reasons why the health director came to the conclusions she did.
And it's clear not everyone is happy with tonight's explanation.
For the 20 or so families who say their symptoms are undeniable, the evidence that nearby wind turbines are affecting them is already there.
"Day after day I would have insomnia, migraines, muscle spasms, ear pain, sinus issues, anxiety attacks," listed Sarah Cappelle, who lived near the turbines with her family.
But County Health Director Chua Xoing says there still isn't a comprehensive study on wind farm health impacts that the medical world has endorsed.
"We've got big health care systems in our area, and no doctor supporting that," says Xiong, "I don't have the medical community behind me with that. I can only use what I have."
Tonight, the Human Services Committee is tying to find ways to get the state involved with a medically-backed population study.
"Maybe trying to take some legal action to try and force Duke [Energy] to submit to an interruption of service to do the kind of testing," says Vice-Chair Dan Robinson.
But others say it's an option that isn't fast enough.
"There are children being harmed permanently right now, this minute," says a heated Barbara Vanden Boogart to board members.
The Human Services Committee has approved a resolution tonight, requesting the state reinstate $250,000 in the state budget for studying the health effects of wind turbines.
The full County Board is set to vote on that resolution in February.
North Carolina-based Duke Energy Renewals bought the Shirley Wind Farm in 2011.
