This page contains references on wind turbines and adverse health effects.
The references on this page will be updated periodically. The August 2011 edition of The Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society focuses on the impacts of wind turbines on communities. This special edition entitled Wind Farms Communities and Ecosystems contains nine peer reviewed articles.
To download some of these articles click the links below.
Bronzaft, AL, (2011) The Noise from WindTurbines: Potential Adverse Impacts on Children's Well-Being, Bulletin of
Science Technology & Society 2011 31: 256, DOI: 10.1177/0270467611412548,
(Original article available at http://bst.sagepub.com/content/31/4/291) Harrison, JP, (2011), Wind Turbine Noise, Bulletin of
Science Technology & Society 2011 31: 256, DOI: 10.1177/0270467611412549,
(Original article available at http://bst.sagepub.com/content/31/4/256) Krogh, CME, (2011), Industrial Wind Turbine Development andLoss of Social Justice? Bulletin of Science Technology & Society 2011 31:
321, DOI: 10.1177/0270467611412550, (Original article available at http://bst.sagepub.com/content/31/4/321) Krogh, CME, Gillis, L, Kouwen, N, and Aramini, J, (2011),WindVOiCe, a Self-Reporting Survey: Adverse Health Effects, Industrial WindTurbines, and the Need for Vigilance Monitoring, Bulletin of Science Technology
& Society 2011 31: 334, DOI: 10.1177/0270467611412551, (Original article
available at http://bst.sagepub.com/content/31/4/334) McMurtry, RY, Toward a Case Definition of Adverse HealthEffects in the Environs of Industrial Wind Turbines: Facilitating a ClinicalDiagnosis, Bulletin of Science Technology & Society 2011 31: 316, DOI:
10.1177/0270467611415075, (Original article available at http://bst.sagepub.com/content/31/4/316) Salt, AN, and Kaltenbach, JA, Infrasound From WindTurbines Could Affect Humans, Bulletin of Science Technology & Society 2011 31: 296, DOI: 10.1177/0270467611412555, (Original article available at http://bst.sagepub.com/content/31/4/296)
Shain, M, (2011), Public Health Ethics, Legitimacy,and the Challenges of Industrial Wind Turbines: The Case of Ontario, Canada,
Bulletin of Science Technology & Society, 2011 31: 256, DOI:
10.1177/0270467611412552, (Original article available at
http://bst.sagepub.com/content/31/4/346)
A summary of some peer reviewed and conference articles, their abstracts and citations, regarding adverse health effects and wind turbines Wind Turbines Can Harm Humans: Handout Carmen Krogh presented three papers on wind turbine noise at the Inter Noise 2012 conference in New York City. Click to download the three papers: Wind turbines can harm humans: a case study Annoyance can represent a serious degradation of health: wind turbine noise a case study Wind turbine noise perception, pathways and effects: a case study
Society for Wind Vigilance Global Guideline for the Minimum Siting Distance of Industrial Wind Turbines April 4, 2012 Wind Turbines and Proximity to Homes: The Impact of Wind Turbine Noise on Health A review of the literature and discussion of the issues. Barbara J Frey & Peter J Hadden January 2012
Click here to download English Version: Click here to download French Version: Presentation to the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources (Canada) Industrial Wind Turbines and Health Wind Turbines Can Harm Humans Carmen Krogh & Beth Harrington October 18, 2011
Presentation at the 10th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (ICBEN) 2011 Adverse health effects of industrial wind turbines: a preliminary report Michael Nissenbaum MD, Jeff Aramini PhD, Chris Hanning MD July 2011
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