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Wind turbine noise G. Guidati, Gianfranco Guidati, R. Bareiss, Rainer Bareiß, Siegfried Wagner
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Telos

The fact is, they express uncertainty more than anything and generally recognize the validity of and need for more study of the health effects of wind turbine noise. The repeated discussions in the Media in Ireland surrounding wind energy impact to local communities, with noise/ shadow flicker and economic benefits/costs being the two main themes. The three large wind farms currently operating in Vermont have spurred enough noise complaints to trigger an investigation by the state Department of Public Service. The amount of the stress hormone cortisol found in people's hair could help scientists understand the potential health impacts that may arise from exposure to low-frequency noise and vibrations from wind turbines. Kouwen put together a very competent system for measuring noise and wind speed specifically for wind turbines in Ontario. €�The advent of anti-wind farm groups beginning to foment concerns about health (from around 2009) was also strongly correlated with actual complaints being made,” says the report. His report “Wind Farm Noise and Human Perception: A Review” (2013) addresses the potential for serious to moderate adverse health effects in individuals living near large turbines. To negate this problem, Professor Farzad Safaei has spent four-years developing PowerWINDows, a modular wind-turbine, which keeps noise vibration and operating costs to a minimum. The public response to wind turbines operating in a number of Massachusetts coastal communities have been greeted with a mixed response. A paper by Australian researchers that concludes wind turbines don't make people sick — anti-wind-turbine activists do — is making a lot of noise in the anti-wind-farm community in Ontario. Closer to home, Star columnist Tyler Hamilton reported in January that Health Canada is studying the relationship between wind turbine noise and health effects.