00:03Hello and welcome to The Cube.
00:06Christmas is still far.
00:08The reindeer are already back in the news.
00:11Today's fake story takes us to Norway,
00:14where a new conspiracy theory claims
00:16that wind turbines are causing
00:18the formed reindeer to be born.
00:20This conspiracy feeds into a bigger theory
00:23claiming that the turbines cause health problems
00:26related to their infrasound and low-frequency noise.
00:29For example, tinnitus, ear pain and vertigo,
00:33but also back pain and accelerated aging.
00:36However, a large body of scientific work
00:39says that there is not enough evidence
00:41linking living close to properly sighted wind turbines
00:45to adverse health effects.
00:47Other hypotheses suggest that stress could be connected
00:51to a general sense of concern about the turbines
00:54or even to unpleasant visual cues
00:57rather than their noise.
00:59In any case, there are no scientific reports
01:02of any deformed reindeer being born in Norway
01:05because of the turbines.
01:07It is true, however, that Norway ruled that
01:10the construction of dozens of wind turbines
01:13infringed the herding rights of the local Sami community.
01:17However, later the Samis reached an agreement
01:20with the wind farm's owners and the Norwegian state
01:23which will allow the turbines to remain operational
01:26in exchange for new grazing land,
01:29financial compensation and the right to veto
01:32any future extensions of the wind farm's land concession.
01:36for its population.
01:37Thank you for your support.
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