Wind turbines have created serious human health and economic problems in Europe. [emphasis, links added]
After the release of a devastating report, Het Windmolendrama (The Windmill Tragedy) about this in the Netherlands by the Clintel organization, the coalition party, the BBB, has called for a moratorium on the construction of new windmill projects pending further study.
This report by Clintel discusses the political, scientific, economic, and legal issues surrounding land-based wind turbines in The Netherlands.
These health effects to humans of the low-frequency noise generated by wind turbines have been largely ignored by the Dutch government.
The incessant grinding sounds that wind turbines make have been known to cause tinnitus [ringing in the ears], vertigo, panic attacks, migraine headaches, sleep deprivation, and even heart disease, according to research published by Dr. Nina Pierpont.
Her findings led her to confirm what she has identified as a new health risk: Wind Turbine Syndrome (WTS).
Wind Turbine Syndrome is the disruption or abnormal stimulation of the inner ear’s vestibular system caused by turbine infrasound [low-frequency noise].
A group of symptoms that she calls Visceral Vibratory Vestibular Disturbance, or VVVD, includes internal pulsation, quivering, nervousness, fear, a compulsion to flee, chest tightness, and tachycardia [increased heart rate].
Wind turbine noise can also trigger nightmares and other disorders in children.
It is difficult for residents living near these installations to protect themselves against low-frequency emissions. Its effects are therefore of great importance to public health.
Conventional methods of assessing this type of damage, typically based on A-weighted equivalent sound level, are inadequate in the case of low-frequency noise and can lead to incorrect decisions by regulatory authorities.
This is the conclusion from the contribution by Leventhal (Noise and Vibration Consultant, Ashtead, United Kingdom).
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), low-frequency noise (LFN) is considered to be an environmental issue that can have a variety of adverse health effects. LFN is defined as a frequency range of about 10–200 Hz.
LFN is particularly problematic for sensitive people in their homes because it is difficult to attenuate with conventional building materials and hearing protection.
Low-frequency noise in the living environment causes extreme distress for persons who are sensitive to low-frequency sound.
A large number of studies on the effect of nightly traffic noise on sleep have been examined. Only the A-weighted sound pressure level is indicated in many publications.
The special effect of low-frequency noise on sleep was reviewed by Persson Waye (Department of Acoustics, Aalborg University, Denmark).
Experiments conducted in Japan showed that audible low-frequency sound can reduce the perception threshold for vibrations, causing the adverse effects of such vibrations to be stronger and more damaging than those of higher-frequency noise.
The effect of low-frequency noise and vibrations on health, called vibroacoustic disease (VAD), was described by Branco and his colleagues at the Center for Human Performance in Alverca, Portugal.
VAD was first documented in people employed as airplane technicians, commercial and military pilots, mechanical engineers, restaurant workers, and disc jockeys.
Experiments with both animals and humans have shown that this type of vibroacoustic stressor can even cause thickening of cardiovascular structures (cardiac muscle and blood vessels).
The pericardial thickening without inflammatory process and in the absence of the dysfunction of diastolic blood pressure (when the heart is resting) is therefore the clinical characteristic of VAD.
Additional symptoms of VAD include depression, increased irritability and aggression, a tendency for isolation, and decreased flexibility of thinking.
These investigations give ample evidence that the effect of low-frequency noise on the environment is highly underestimated and sorely in need of more study.
The Clintel report concludes that because their public health effects are being ignored, these wind turbine projects have been constructed in violation of European law.
Wind turbines are being built closer and closer to residential areas and are nearly as high as the Eiffel Tower, about 280 meters.
A third of the residents of Groningen have visited doctors due to health issues involving wind turbines.
The Netherlands’ government has never conducted a large-scale field study about the health implications of this low-frequency noise.
The citizens impacted by this health hazard are simply not being heard. Their grievances have been blocked from response by every government agency they contact.
The Aarhus Convention requires governments in Europe to allow citizens to participate in administrative decision-making procedures. This has not been done in the case of wind turbines.
Permits for the construction of wind turbines appear to have been granted in violation of European law.
Because of this failure, the Clintel report considers the construction of wind turbines to be illegal.
RIVM, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, has kept essential knowledge away from decision-makers and in legal cases.
In addition, the new wind turbine standards do not comply with European Union law (the SMB directive).
Permits for the construction of wind turbines appear to have been granted in violation of European law. In addition, the noise standards used for wind turbines are downright problematic.
The effects of noise pollution from wind turbines have not been evaluated according to the same standards used for industrial noise.
The Clintel report contends that the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has kept essential knowledge away from decision-makers: administrators, politicians, and judges who rely on this information. This is not an accident.
The RIVM lacks transparency and appears to be very selective about what is and is not revealed to these decision-makers, who are relying on this information about public health risks.
Essentially, the RIVM has a monopoly on scientific information.
These conclusions can be applied to other countries where wind turbines are being constructed.
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People will feel sick near a wind turbine. Every object has what is called a resonant frequency. This means that if you keep hitting that object with that frequency if could destroy that object. Remember the bridge that collapsed when the wind kept hitting it at a certain rate. All tall buildings need to cater for this in their design to stop them from falling down. The same principle applies to the human body.
If an audio frequency of around 5 hrz (sub audio) is continually applied to a human, that human would get very sick, or even die.
Try it out by standing in front of a loud-speaker for a period of time that is providing sound at 5 hrz. I will guarantee you will become very sick.
The wind turbines can be designed not to produce this sub audio sound, but would cost a lot of effort with the design. Of course the wind turbine manufacturers don’t agree that they can make people sick, to defend their implementation.
Where are the Universities in this? They know about it but keep silent. Why?
The Nit-Wits who think Wind Turbines are quite and Harmless need t o live close to a few of them abd try to get some rest
I wonder if the RIVM were transparent and made full disclosure of its data to the regulators and politicians that would make any difference – that bunch is all in on this virtually useless, ugly, inefficient environment destroying technology. The RIVM probably knows that and is quite content with its current practice.
Also, there is an enormous sunk cost in this “investment” – even if it were halted the authorities would still; have contractual obligations to the suppliers, and a desire to realise something out of this waste- and of course, there remains the political need to pander to the loud, persistent, greens.
And then there will be the Cleanup!
Woe is us.