Emissions

PFAS & Microplastics

PFAS are a class of about 14,000 compounds used to make products resist water, stains and heat. They are known as “forever chemicals” because they do not naturally break down, and they have been linked to cancer, high cholesterol, liver disease, kidney disease, fetal complications and other serious health problems.

In wind turbines, PFAS and in particular Bisphenol A comprise some 40% of the epoxy resin used in blade construction and repair.

This is shed from blade erosion, stress cracking, blade failure and service work (when epoxy is used to make repairs and then power sanded to conform to the required shape).

This means that wind turbines routinely broadcast PFAS and microplastics over communities, grazing land, wildlife habitats, crops and drinking water reservoirs.

Remember the fibreglass shards in Oysters in the news recently? Loaded with PFAS!

Microplastics are now being found in the most remote places on Earth including human tissue. (We won’t repeat the intimate details of exactly what tissue featured in the news)!

Operators are only concerned this affects efficiency and therefore profits.

No-one in the industry, nor the authorities sanctioning wind farm construction is looking out for the health implications.