Fact brief - Can shadow flicker from wind turbines trigger seizures in people with epilepsy?

Fact brief - Can shadow flicker from wind turbines trigger seizures in people with epilepsy?

Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline. Can shadow flicker from wind turbines trigger seizures in people with epilepsy? The flicker of a wind turbine shadow is far below the minimum frequency required to trigger photosensitive epilepsy. A wind turbine is said to produce a “shadow flicker” when its rotating blad…