Showing posts with label wind turbines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wind turbines. Show all posts

Thursday, June 11, 2015

The real science on wind farms, noise, infrasound and health

Wind farmUNSW: Wind turbines do produce noise and infrasound – but the link to ill-health is far from clear and requires more investigation, writes Con Doolan. In a radio interview this morning, Prime Minister Tony Abbott raised what he described as the “potential health impacts” of wind farms. Yesterday’s article in The Australian by Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonjhelm highlighted some very good points about wind turbine noise and its effect on people living near them. People are complaining of a range of health related problems and are attributing them to wind turbines. The question is: what is the cause of these health problems?