Does low frequency noise from wind turbines make people sick?
Origin takes seriously any issue with potential implications for human health. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia’s peak Government body for supporting health and medical research and for developing health advice for the community, has found no scientific evidence that wind turbines has a direct adverse effect on people’s health. The NHMRC’s review of all known published results of infrasound from wind turbines has found that modern wind turbine designs, where rotor blades are in front of the tower, produce very low levels of infrasound. Findings from this report is consistent with advice from the World Health Organization which states that there is no reliable evidence that sounds below the hearing threshold produce physiological or psychological effects.
