Audible sound from wind turbines could be attenuated by distance, but now, more powerful turbines may produce more infrasound: what protection is there?
January 11, 2018 It is with deep sadness that Wind Concerns Ontario announces the passing of one of its staunchest members and Board member, Stephana Johnston. Stephana had lived for years among the…
‘What you can’t hear, can’t hurt you’ notion shown to be false The wind power industry, Health Canada, and the Ontario government insist that infrasound cannot be heard, and therefore it cannot hurt…
Here is a paper from the Energy Collective, which includes a summary of noise regulations and setbacks. The writer’s conclusion is that worldwide regulation is needed, otherwise local regulation of noise is developed,…
“A waste of time and money” The Guardian, March 22, 2016 An Australian research council has given two grants worth $3.3m to research the impact of wind turbines on human health despite concluding…
Wind farm and health issues New Falcon Herald, Lindsey Harrison, September 2015 According to an Aug. 26 El Paso County press release, construction at the NextEra Energy Resources wind farm project in Calhan…
Not everyone exposed to the infrasound produced by utility-scale wind turbines gets sick from it. But those who do, can get really ill, acoustics specialist Kevin A. Dooley told a packed audience at…
The wind turbine noise study completed by acoustics specialist Steven Cooper in Australia has had a resounding effect around the world: using a new methodology and working with the cooperation of the wind…
This is a story provided by Wind Watch, which has access to a subscriber-only report from The Australian. Turbines may well blow an ill wind over locals, ‘first’ study shows Credit: By: GRAHAM…
CMAJ November 28, 2014 Carmen Krogh, BScPharm (retired), is a peer reviewed IWT health researcher and former Director of Publications and Editor-in-Chief of the CPS. R Y McMurtry is Professor Emeritus (Surgery) of Western…