Infrasound Impacts

The impact of resonating amplifications or standing waves of infrasound upon the human body is becoming more common as more and more industrial wind turbines are being constructed within proximities of human populations.

Warnings of its detrimental health aspects have only recently come to society's attention. Unfortunately, the resistance against those trying to raise the warnings is still entrenched.

Doctor Nina Pierpont of New York state has written an extensive book about what she calls the Wind Turbine Syndrome. She and her husband Calvin maintain an informative website by the same name .. www.windturbinesyndrome.com. Doctor Pierpont details many instances of the debilatating symptoms experienced by people forced to live near industrial wind turbines, firsthand experiences, associated scientific submissions and regularly updated commentaries. I stongly recommend Doctor Pierpont's book and website as a source of medical and scientific insight.

Recognition of the medical impact of infrasound isn't forthcoming from many governments and industrial interests due to the intellectual, emotional, political and financial commitments they have made to industrial wind turbines. However, each year there are more and more examples of diverse disciplines recognizing the debilitating impacts made by infrasound.

I show the following references here as a prime example of how the world at large is starting to formally recognize the existence and nature of the effects of infrasound upon the human body. These references are to page 7-4 of a book titled Definitions, Conversions, and Calculations for Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Edition: 3 - 2006, by Edward W. Finucane, 552 pages (Chapter 7: Mechanical Vibration / Effects Of Vibration On The Human Body / Resonance Whole Body Vibration (WBV) Frequencies).

These references were acquired from a Google Books preview at ... http://books.google.ca.

- Mr Finucane says that every object, including human body organs and parts exhibits a unique resonant frequency.

- He goes on to say that WBV frequencies from 2 to 30 hertz correspond to most of the resonance responses of various human body organs and parts .. that exposures to these frequencies can produce organ and body part vibration responses which can result in breathing difficulties, abdominal and/or chest pains, headaches, and even speech or vision impairment.

- Mr Finucane concludes the section by indicating that vibrations from 2 to 5 Hertz generate strong resonance responses in neck and lumbar regions, often with amplifications of up to 140% .. and that for WBV frequency exposures in the 4 to 6 Hertz range, body organ resonances exhibiting amplifications of more than 150% have been observed in the human trunk .. and that vibrations between 20 and 30 Hertz produce strong resonance responses in the head and shoulder areas, with amplifications often of well over 300%.

impacts.htm (June 21, 2009)