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Living near wind turbines causes cancer in nearby residents.
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REFUTED
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Is it true that living near wind turbines causes cancer in nearby residents?
No. A fact-checking source states directly that there is no evidence wind turbines cause cancer, and the American Cancer Society is unaware of any credible evidence linking turbine noise to cancer. Multiple peer-reviewed reviews likewise find no demonstrated causal link between living near turbines and physiological disease, attributing reported complaints to annoyance or nocebo effects.
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Evidence for · 1
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Phillips, C. V. (2011). Properly Interpreting the Epidemiologic Evidence About the Health Effects of Industrial Wind Turbines on Nearby Residents. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1177/0270467611412554
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Wind turbine syndrome - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine_syndrome
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Magda, H. & David, C. (2011). Wind Turbines Make Waves: Why Some Residents near Wind Turbines Become Ill. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1177/0270467611417852
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Knopper, L. D. & Ollson, C. A. (2011). Health effects and wind turbines: a review of the literature.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-10-78
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Pawlaczyk-Łuszczyńska, M., Wszołek, T., Dudarewicz, A., & Małecki, P. (2025). Should limit values be set for infrasound caused by wind turbines?. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.13075/ijomeh.1896.02422
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I, v. K. & F, v. d. B. (2021). Health Effects Related to Wind Turbine Sound: An Update.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179133
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Trump's Faulty Wind Power Claims - FactCheck.orgFacebookTwitterTumblrClose. (n.d.). factcheck.org. https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/trumps-faulty-wind-power-claims/
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Audibility of wind turbine noise indoors: Evidence from mixed-method data. (2017). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1109/icrera.2017.8191260
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Chapman, S., George, A. S., Waller, K., & Cakic, V. (2013). The Pattern of Complaints about Australian Wind Farms Does Not Match the Establishment and Distribution of Turbines: Support for the Psychogenic, ‘Communicated Disease’ Hypothesis. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076584
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F, C., S, C., T, C., & KJ, P. (2014). The Link between Health Complaints and Wind Turbines: Support for the Nocebo Expectations Hypothesis.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2014.00220
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Wind turbine noise, annoyance and self-reported health and well-being in different living environments. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.2006.031039
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