Two Recent Wind Turbine/ Human Health Literature Reviews Point to Annoyance - Health issues

http://journals.lww.com/joem/Abstract/2014/11000/Wind_Turbines_and_Healt...

Abstract

Objective: This review examines the literature related to health effects of wind turbines.
Methods: We reviewed literature related to sound measurements near turbines, epidemiological and experimental studies, and factors associated with annoyance.

1. Infrasound sound near wind turbines does not exceed audibility thresholds. (Inaudible sound thresholds not evaluated - see> What you cannot hear CAN affect you - Department of ...)
2. Epidemiological studies have shown associations between living near wind turbines and annoyance. (According the World Health Organization definition of health, noise impact such as annoyance is a health issue)
3. Infrasound and low-frequency sound do not present unique health risks. (Inaudible sound thresholds not evaluated. Remain a plausible mechanism for annoyance - see> What you cannot hear CAN affect you - Department of ...)
4. Annoyance seems more strongly related to individual characteristics than noise from turbines. (Individual characteristics include receptors sensitive to audible and inaudible sound, thereby individuals possessing this susceptibility to annoyance are further susceptible to health issues)

http://docs.wind-watch.org/Schmidt-Klokker-WTN-health-effects-2014.pdf

Abstract

Results:

Wind turbines emit noise, including low-frequency noise, which decreases incrementally with increases in distance from the wind turbines. Likewise, evidence of a dose-response relationship between wind turbine noise linked to noise annoyance, sleep disturbance and possibly even psychological distress was present in the literature.

Conclusions: Exposure to wind turbines does seem to increase the risk of annoyance and self-reported sleep disturbance in a dose-response relationship.