Industrial wind turbine noise: the association with human health
[abstract] Climate targets will provide the Netherlands with more and higher industrial wind turbines that produce various ‘side effects’, including noise pollution and annoyance. Especially low-frequency noise and infrasonic vibrations can be detected more than 10 km away. In neighbouring residential areas, long-term exposure, especially at night, leads to sleep disturbances, with secondary symptoms, that may be associated with, for example, delay in cognitive development of children. More research is needed.
Jan A.P.M. de Laat, Audiological Center (ENT), Leiden University Medical Center
Wilco Alteveer, Utrecht
A.J.J. (Ronald) Maas, Louw Feenstra, Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam
Sylvia van Manen, Stichting Haspel, ’s-Hertogenbosch
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. 2021;165:D5999
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