Using residential proximity to wind turbines as an alternative exposure measure to investigate the association between wind turbines and human health

Barry, Rebecca; Sulsky, Sandra I.; Kreiger, Nancy

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“…to consider quantification of amplitude modulation and tonality [1] [32]; to study occupational "work-related injury and accident rates, and health outcomes in later life cycle phases" [5]; to conduct epidemiological and laboratory research by health professionals and acousticians [14]; to research occupational worker exposure [15] and confirm occupational exposure results [18]; to focus on alternative exposures other than noise [79]; to intentionally explore the factors regarding differences in community responses to WT noise [55]; to conduct experimental and observational studies regarding wind turbine noise and health [2]; to determine the distances that risks become negligible [21]; to replicate findings [85]; to assess health status before and after WT development [79] [81];…”

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Health Canada’s Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study—A Review Exploring Research Challenges, Methods, Limitations and Uncertainties of Some of the Findings

Krogh¹,

Dumbrille²,

McMurtry³

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Background: Risk of harm associated with wind turbines is debated globally. Some people living or working in proximity to wind turbines report adverse health effects such as sleep disturbance, noise annoyance, and diminished quality of life. Due to public concern, Health Canada announced its wind turbine noise and health study which included subjective and objective measurements. Findings were published between 2014 and 2016. In 2018, Health Canada published clarifications regarding the design and interpretation of study conclusions. Methods: Methods and subjective/objective findings were How to cite this paper: reviewed. Peer reviewed publications, conference presentations, judicial proceedings, government documents, and other sources were evaluated and considered in context with advanced methods for investigating reports of adverse health effects. Objectives: To review and explore some of the research challenges, methods, strengths and limitations of findings and conclusions. To participate in scientific dialogue and contribute towards an understanding of reported health risks associated with wind turbine noise. Results: Wind turbine human health research is challenged by numerous variables. Knowledge gaps and individual human and wind turbine variables are identified. Strengths and advisories of limitations are considered and acknowledged. Health Canada's advisories that its study design does not permit any conclusions about causality and results may not be generalized beyond the sample taken in Canada are supported. Enhanced methods for investigating health outcomes are proposed including establishing referral resources within medical facilities for physicians. It is proposed staffing of the resource center includes multidisciplinary teams of physicians, epidemiologists, acousticians and other specialists to investigate suspected wind turbine adverse health effects. Discussion: A review and the appraisal of some of the research challenges associated with wind turbine human health research are presented. Given the identified methods, research/knowledge gaps, and limitations and cautionary advisories, Health Canada's results should be carefully considered when predicting or protecting from health risks of wind turbine noise.

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“…Only background-level noises and the modelled wind turbine sound were. Therefore, it was not possible to model sound using alternative methods, such as using G-weighted modelled sound, which would better account for low frequency sound waves … [79].…”

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Health Canada’s Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study—A Review Exploring Research Challenges, Methods, Limitations and Uncertainties of Some of the Findings

Krogh¹,

Dumbrille²,

McMurtry³

et al. 2018

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“…As mentioned in part (b) above, this has been done in the past using calculated noise levels with limited success. However, more recently, Barry et al [162] found good correlation between proximity to wind turbines and annoyance as well as health-related quality of life measures.…”

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Recent Advances in Wind Turbine Noise Research

Hansen

2020

Acoustics

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This review is focussed on large-scale, horizontal-axis upwind turbines. Vertical-axis turbines are not considered here as they are not sufficiently efficient to be deployed in the commercial generation of electricity. Recent developments in horizontal-axis wind turbine noise research are summarised and topics that are pertinent to the problem, but are yet to be investigated, are explored and suggestions for future research are offered. The major portion of recent and current research on wind turbine noise generation, propagation and its effects on people and animals is being undertaken by groups in Europe, UK, USA, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Considerable progress has been made in understanding wind turbine noise generation and propagation as well as the effect of wind farm noise on people, birds and animals. However, much remains to be done to answer many of the questions for which answers are still uncertain. In addition to community concerns about the effect of wind farm noise on people and how best to regulate wind farm noise and check installed wind farms for compliance, there is considerable interest from turbine manufacturers in developing quieter rotors, with the intention of allowing wind farm installations to be closer to populated areas. The purpose of this paper is to summarise recent and current wind farm noise research work and the research questions that remain to be addressed or are in the process of being addressed. Topics that are the subject of on-going research are discussed briefly and references to recent and current work are included.

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“…However, there are opinions that large wind turbines, especially their parks, disfigure the landscape, and pose a threat to birds and bats [5,6]. The people living near wind turbines are constantly exposed to up to 45 dB(A) of sound, which increases stress, causes insomnia and thus affects health [7,9,10,11,12].…”

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Modelling and Evaluation of Noise Dispersion from Wind Turbine Operations

Juodkiene

2023

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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All over the world, the need for energy is increasing, and the methods of obtaining it are harmful to the environment. Traditional energy resources are rapidly depleting. During the extraction and burning of fossil fuels, many different pollutants enter the environment. One of the renewable forms of energy is wind energy. Wind energy is mainly used to generate electricity in wind farms. Wind turbines are a unique source of noise because they are installed at a high height above the ground, and the noise emitted is fluctuating and manifests itself in a wide frequency range. Noise from wind turbines as low as 32 dB(A) is a strong nervous system irritant for some people, while noise of 40 dB(A) and above causes severe discomfort for many people [1]. Detailed noise modeling was carried out in the considered area, assessing how noise affects individual dwellings, noise in the living environment of residential buildings were modeled. The noise level without background noise sources of the nearest residential environment was determined by modeling at 31.9 dB(A) during the night, while the limit value for the protection of human health according to HN 33:2011 is 45 dB(A).

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Using residential proximity to wind turbines as an alternative exposure measure to investigate the association between wind turbines and human health

Cited by 11 publications

References 12 publications

Health Canada’s Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study—A Review Exploring Research Challenges, Methods, Limitations and Uncertainties of Some of the Findings

Health Canada’s Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study—A Review Exploring Research Challenges, Methods, Limitations and Uncertainties of Some of the Findings

Recent Advances in Wind Turbine Noise Research

Modelling and Evaluation of Noise Dispersion from Wind Turbine Operations

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