Mike Barnard wrote an interesting article discussing wind turbine sickness.  He makes some persuasive arguments that wind turbine sickness is basically  a “nocebo” effect – the wind turbines themselves do not cause sickness – rather it’s the suggestions and expectations created by anti-wind groups.

For instance, he notes a study by Professor Simon Chapman that… “….assessed all recorded health complaints for all wind farms in all of Australia between 1993 and 2012. They found that 73% of all health complaints were from six wind farms targeted by anti-wind organizations and that 90% of complaints occurred since 2009. 64.7% of wind farms had no recorded complaints at all. It’s clear from his work that anti-wind groups spreading health fears create health complaints. And it’s clear that where anti-wind groups haven’t been busy, health complaints don’t exist.”

Barnard also notes that many of the supporting experts of wind turbine sickness have been dismissed in court.

And who has the most health-related legal challenges?  Ontario.  Interesting, considering Ontario has had a lot of anti-wind groups operating in it.