Are wind turbines bad for my health?
No, wind turbines have no adverse health effects. Wind turbines have been operating in the US since the 1880s, and people have been living and working around them for almost a century and a half without any adverse issues.
Today, millions of people around the world live and work near operating wind turbines without negative health impacts. Countless studies have found wind farms to pose no negative health effects.
Ultimately, wind turbines create cleaner and healthier air, leading to a better, more livable environment for all. In fact, wind power reduces US healthcare costs by $8 billion a year through avoided air pollution that triggers smog and asthma attacks.
Learn more from our source materials:
- Wind Turbines and Health
- Health Effects and Wind Turbines
- The Climate and Air-Quality Benefits of Wind and Solar Power in the United States
- Wind Turbine Health Impact Study
- An Assessment of Quality of Life Among Participants Living in the Vicinity of Wind Turbines
Does shadow flicker cause seizures?
Shadow flicker does not have any harmful health effects, and will not cause a photosensitive epileptic to have a seizure. Photosensitive epilepsy makes up only 3% of those with epilepsy and is triggered when there are 5-30 flashes per second. Shadow flicker occurs at 0.3-1 flash per second which is well out of the range.
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Do wind turbine blades emit large amounts of bisphenol A (BPA) and microplastics into their surrounding environment?
Wind turbine blades contain only microscopic traces of residual BPA. Wind turbine blade coating is not toxic and does not account for large – or any – emissions of BPA or microplastics.
Learn more: https://cleanpower.org/resources/microplastics-and-bpa-in-wind-turbine-blades/
