Wind turbine syndrome

[1][2] Proponents claim that these effects include congenital abnormality, cancer, vertigo, nausea, autism, ADHD, death, tinnitus, stress, fatigue, memory loss, migraines and sleep deprivation,[3][4] for which there is no scientific backing.

[5][6] Neither term is recognised by any international disease classification system, nor do they appear in any title or abstract in the United States National Library of Medicine's PubMed database.

[8] One Australian fossil fuel industry funded anti-wind farm astroturfing group, the Waubra Foundation, has been identified amongst those involved in promoting the idea of wind turbine syndrome.

[13][14][15][16][17][18] There is a belief that infrasound can cause symptoms, including tinnitus, stress, fatigue, memory loss, attention deficit, vertigo, migraines and sleep deprivation.

[4] A panel of experts commissioned by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection concluded in 2012 that "there is not an association between noise from wind turbines and measures of psychological distress or mental health problems.

[4] In 2021, a French court accepted the claims of a Belgian couple that they had suffered various health problems including headaches, insomnia, heart irregularities, depression, dizziness, tinnitus and nausea by noises "comparable to a washing machine continually turning" and the "white flashing lights" after six wind turbines set up 700 metres from their home at Fontrieu.