A position statement by the AMA – Australia’s leading medical research body – refers to “health scares and misinformation” regarding wind farm developments.
It also says there is a lack of evidence – Australian or international – that the infrasound, or low-frequency noise, generated by wind farms causes adverse health effects in populations in their vicinity.
The AMA statement comes as a boost to the wind industry in Australia, where a vociferous anti-wind lobby has cited ill-effects including headaches, insomnia, and dizziness.
CEC policy director Russell Marsh said the AMA statement follows similar ones by other organisations in the country, adding that “no credible Australian health or acoustic organisations are opposing wind farms, and people should feel reassured by that”.
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