Wind turbine noise poses no health risks: study

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Published: January 7, 2010

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The sound from wind turbines has no negative impact on people, says a worldwide, peer reviewed review of literature on the health effects of wind turbines.

The American and Canadian Wind Energy Association established a panel to review the current literature after concerns about sound from wind turbines and their adverse health consequences.

The panel of scientists, audiologists, public health officials and environmental medicine experts made several conclusions:

By the end of 2008, there were 120,800 megawatts of wind energy capacity around the world. Countries have turned to wind energy as a key strategy to generate power in an environmentally clean manner. Wind energy has considerable public support, but its detractors have concerns about the noise from the turbines.

The report just released said its objective was to study the literature and develop an authoritative document that governments and regulators could use to make sense of the conflict.

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