More than $3m goes on researching wind turbines

$3.3m researching a question for
 which we already knew the answer.

An Australian research council has given two grants worth $3.3m to research the impact of wind turbines on human health despite concluding last year there was no evidence turbine noise was harmful.

Prof Anne Kelso, the chief executive of the National Health and Medical Research Council, said it had made the grants because “existing research in this area is of poor quality and targeted funding is warranted to support high-quality, independent research on this issue”.

The council will give $1.94m to the University of New South Wales professor Guy Marks to measure the effect of infrasound on sleep quality, balance, mood and cardiovascular health.

Read The Guardian story - “Wind power: funding body spends $3.3m on research into turbines' health impact.”