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Industrial wind turbines emit infrasound, a physical agent of disease. Infrasound is a pressure wave that is below the limit of human hearing, or around 20 Hz, but nonetheless acts physically on the body with a repetitive battering effect. Infrasound’s long wavelengths relentlessly pummel body cells, impacting many types of tissue and leading to progressive systemic disease.
The pervasive health effects of infrasound exposure can include skin irritation and sores; sense of visceral vibration when close to the source of infrasound; respiratory illness; digestive upset and damage to the digestive system; hemorrhage of digestive and nasal mucosa; neurological symptoms, including severe insomnia, dizziness, nausea, headaches, mood instability, inability to concentrate and cognitive impairment, seizures, and brain lesions; cardiovascular disease; urological problems, including blood in the urine; musculoskeletal pain; immune suppression; and cancer.
Animals suffer many of the same health effects of vibroacoustic exposure as people do, resulting in beloved pets falling ill and wildlife deserting turbined areas.
Nearness to industrial wind turbines has also been strongly associated with spontaneous abortion in both humans and animals, to the extent that many farms practicing animal husbandry have been forced to close following the arrival of the turbines.
Children, the elderly, and the sick are particularly vulnerable to the effects of infrasound. Children who grow up close to industrial wind turbines are developmentally injured, with reduced academic potential and an increased susceptibility to the health effects of infrasound going into adulthood. The elderly lose their chance for a healthy and fulfilling end of life, and the sick their potential for recovery, as both groups fall victim to the health effects of infrasound exposure.
The bigger the turbine, and the closer it is, the worse it is for our health. Safe distances from a smaller industrial wind turbine might approximate two miles, while for the largest turbines, a distance of four to twelve miles might be required to preserve health.
NOTE: as mentioned by Dr. Mariana Alves Pereira and others, infrasound should be measured in dB Linear, and NOT in dBA. dBA is a measure that was developed for audible sound and not infrasound. The measure is commonly and misleadingly used by turbine companies to establish “safe” or permissible distances between people and industrial wind turbines.
In addition to infrasound, industrial wind turbines have the potential to harm health through drinking water and well contamination; herbicide application at the site of the turbine; oil and industrial fluid leakages and spills; noise and air pollution during turbine construction and maintenance; audible noise pollution while the turbine is running; turbine malfunction, combustion, or collapse; ice and blade throw; and stray voltage, which is known to sicken and kill domestic animals.
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