There was a time when I believed that there was a real need for research into possible direct adverse health
effects from wind turbines.
Several papers suggesting adverse health
effects from wind turbines have been published in a journal called the Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, but that journal is of very dubious credibility.
An Australian Senate Committee, looking into alleged health
effects from wind turbines, concluded the following in November 2012:
There is no evidence that health or health - related
effects from wind turbine noise would be any different to those from other noise sources at similar levels.
Not exact matches
«What's a little unclear
from our results is whether that increase in female survivorship was due to the
effects of
wind turbines on predators.»
The tests also showed that the improvement came
from changes in the pitch angle: As the
turbine blades flexed back or forth thanks, respectively, to
wind pressure and centrifugal
effect, the pitch angle changed slightly.
Wind turbine noise is a reported cause of these effects; however, some commentators suggest sound from wind turbines does not pose a risk of any adverse health effect in hum
Wind turbine noise is a reported cause of these
effects; however, some commentators suggest sound
from wind turbines does not pose a risk of any adverse health effect in hum
wind turbines does not pose a risk of any adverse health
effect in humans.
What is worse though, for someone who parades his «health» credentials while behaving like a dilettante on actual noise issues, Chapman and other «health professionals» display an amazing lack of compassion in their dismissive attitude to people who claim to be suffering debilitating
effects from pervasive
wind turbine noise.
The level of background noise at distances of a kilometre or more
from wind turbines makes measuring the
effect of sound
from wind turbines on people at such distances complicated.
• artificial reef
effects • continual operational noise and vibrations emanating
from the
wind turbines; • electromagnetic impacts due to cabling that may impact navigation
Whilst it is not yet clear that these parameters would adequately protect the health of vulnerable members of the community
from the
effects of chronic cumulative exposure, why are these limits for infrasound and low frequency noise exposure universally ignored by those members of the acoustics profession who have written the
wind turbine noise pollution regulations for governments?
While these two links are
from Joe Romm's propaganda site, they do help make the case: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/02/28/433434/envia-gm-doe-lithium-ion-batteries-cut-costs-in-half-triple-energy-density/ http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/24/896151/how-decades-of-federal-support-spurred-the-natural-gas-boom-most-companies-would-have-given-up/ The implementation side is frought with typical top - down
effects such as crony capitalism, subsidies for rich people, and environmentally dubious energy sources, such as flickering, bat lung exploding,
wind turbines.
[8] In other words, direct causation of the reported «annoyance»
effects from the impulsive reproduced sound energy identical to «
wind turbine noise» was clearly established.
Documentation of damaging health
effects of
wind turbines since 1981 Research
from NASA, Cornell University, MIT and many others
«With all the available evidence
from around the world about the
effects of Low Frequency and Infrasound
from industrial
wind turbines, it amazes me that the alarms are not sounding earlier and stronger.»
This is the same government, indeed the same ministry, that promised to deal with reports of noise and other
effects from industrial - scale
wind turbines.
In several records, staff noted that
wind turbine noise exceeded regulations: ««Staff have attended at the complainants homes on multiple occasions... noise measurements were obtained... subjective observations were made by Provincial Officers... the conclusion of the POs were that the noise emissions
from the
wind turbines were causing an adverse
effect contrary to S. 14 (1) of the EPA at the complainants locations...»
The
Wind Victims Ontario website has been created with hopes of assisting those who may be suffering from the effects of industrial wind turbines that were built and operating too close to their homes and famil
Wind Victims Ontario website has been created with hopes of assisting those who may be suffering
from the
effects of industrial
wind turbines that were built and operating too close to their homes and famil
wind turbines that were built and operating too close to their homes and families.
In Australia, where the controversy is reaching new heights, a
wind industry executive has been singling out Dr Sarah Laurie in a bid to make the public forget the many other health professionals who alert the public to the dangerous
effects of
wind turbines: «[T] he largest public relations issue for the industry at the moment is the theory of an ex-doctor that infrasound or low frequency noise
from wind turbines is likely to make anyone within 10 km of a
wind turbine sick» (2).
... According to a review by Lovich and Ennen (2013), the construction and operation of
wind farms have both potential and known impacts on terrestrial vertebrates, such as: (i) increase in direct mortality due to traffic collisions; (ii) destruction and modification of the habitat, including road development, habitat fragmentation and barriers to gene flow; (iii) noise
effects, visual impacts, vibration and shadow flicker
effects from turbines; (iv) electromagnetic field generation; (v) macro and microclimate change; (vi) predator attraction; and (vii) increase in fire risks.
New research
from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) and RenewableUK has found what many had already deciphered, that the presence of
wind farms has «no significant
effect» on the price of houses within 5 kilometeres of
wind turbines.
An array of
turbines will have an
effect on
wind flow similar to that of trees, they will slow the
wind at lower levels due to the energy that they take
from it and the turbulence that they cause.
Other benefits of
wind turbines could result
from their
effects on crop moisture levels.
This would have a local
effect - raising minimum temperatures, and perhaps a global
effect, the local area with
wind turbines should more efficiently radiate thermal energy
from the lower atmosphere into space (by advecting atmosheric heat to the ground surface at night, where it can be radiated away).
If there is something coming
from one or another of the main components of a
wind turbine making people ill, then why isn't the same part of a car having the same
effect?
If a person sees a
wind turbine (as I do) as graceful, elegant, an optimistic symbol of a cleaner and better future and finds the sounds that
turbines make pleasant and restful (as I do), they are very unlikely to develop any ill -
effects from being near
turbines.
One reference, «Infrasound Toxicological Summary November 2001, Infrasound, Brief Review of Toxicological Literature» (see Links), cited many studies into infrasound and health; most suggested that there were no ill -
effects at levels below about 110dB, higher than levels detected
from wind turbines.
The Victorian Department of Health (DH)(WorkSafe, 2010) has examined both the peer - reviewed and validated scientific research and concluded that «the weight of evidence indicated that there are no direct health
effects from noise (audible and inaudible) at the levels generated by modern
wind turbines.»