Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yesterday, Senator Fielding asked me a question on the impacts on health of wind turbines. I seek leave to incorporate the answer from the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon. Nicola Roxon, in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The answer read as follows—

In July 2010 the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) released a public statement titled NHMRC Public Statement: Wind Turbines and Health which is based on the report Wind turbines and health: a rapid review of the evidence.

The NHMRC review investigated whether a link between wind turbines and adverse health effects had been established.

The review found ‘There is currently no published scientific evidence to positively link wind turbines with adverse health effects’.

Full details are available on the NHMRC website at: www nhmrc gov au.