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ADDENDUM: The Czech and Slovak Context
Overview: Why This Narrative Matters in CZ/SK Right Now
Both the Czech Republic and Slovakia are at a critical juncture in wind energy development. The Czech Republic has virtually no onshore wind capacity and is now planning a major buildout — ČEZ alone is planning 16 turbines at Ralsko (115 MW), and the outgoing Fiala government passed "acceleration zones" legislation to fast-track renewable energy permitting. Slovakia is even further behind, with only two operational wind installations (Cerová and Ostrý vrch near Myjava), but plans for 24 new projects totaling 942 MW are in the pipeline for 2025+. This makes both countries fertile ground for anti-wind narratives — the population has almost no lived experience with turbines, making fear-based messaging particularly effective.
Epoch Times Czech (epochtimes.cz) — The Primary Amplification Channel
The Czech edition of the Epoch Times is the single most important channel bringing the Mattsson/infrasound narrative into the Czech information space. Key examples:
January 23, 2025: epochtimes.cz published a long article titled "Infrazvuk z pohledu fyzika: Neslyšitelné nebezpečí?" (Infrasound from a physicist's perspective: Inaudible danger?) written by German anti-wind activist Dieter Böhme, who self-describes as being active in "citizen initiatives against wind energy in Thuringia and across Germany." The article argues that DIN measurement standards deliberately exclude low frequencies from modern turbines, and that the wind industry has effectively captured the standards-setting process. Source:
epochtimes.cz
February 5, 2026 (3 days ago): epochtimes.cz published a two-part article about a Strasbourg court ruling from November 2025, in which a French court found wind turbines to be the "direct and unambiguous cause" of stress and anxiety for a particular plaintiff. The article frames this as a vindication of the infrasound health claims and explicitly references infrazvuk pod 20 hertzů (infrasound below 20 Hz) as the key mechanism. Notably, the article itself acknowledges that "studies conducted so far have not been able to prove a direct relationship between infrasound and health damage" — but this caveat is buried deep in the text. Source:
epochtimes.cz
The same Epoch Times article was immediately republished on
czechia.news-pravda.com ("Pravda Česko"), a site that sits alongside content about "TV Bureš" (a derogatory term for the commercial media) and pro-Russian analysis. This represents the typical amplification pattern: Epoch Times produces the content, and it cascades into the wider Czech disinformation ecosystem. Source:
czechia.news-pravda.com
Czech Anti-Wind Websites
nechcemevetrnouelektrarnu.cz ("We don't want a wind turbine") — A local opposition site that features a dedicated section on health impacts, referencing German Deutschlandfunk Kultur reporting and promoting the "Wind Turbine Syndrome" concept. The site explicitly frames the Green Deal as a globalist plot:
"Vláda pod vlivem nikým nevolené Evropské komise prosazuje tyto zcela nesmyslné, neekologické, neekonomické, zdraví a přírodě škodící technologie" (The government, under the influence of the unelected European Commission, promotes these completely nonsensical, anti-ecological, anti-economic technologies that harm health and nature). It goes further:
"globalistí s jejich posluhujícími vládami podvedli lidi na Západě" (globalists with their servile governments have deceived people in the West). This language places the anti-wind narrative squarely within the broader anti-EU, anti-globalist conspiratorial framework that dominates Czech disinformation. Source:
nechcemevetrnouelektrarnu.cz
nasepravda.cz ("Our Truth") — Published a January 2026 article titled "Větrné elektrárny: o čem se nemluví" (Wind turbines: what no one talks about) that weaves together claims about infrazvuk, PFAS chemicals, the French court ruling, and the acceleration zones legislation, framing the entire energy transition as a threat to public health. Source:
nasepravda.cz
Comment sections on mainstream Czech energy sites (such as oenergetice.cz) show the narrative has penetrated into public discourse. Under an article about ČEZ's Ralsko wind park project, commenters confidently state:
"Infrazvuk z VTE prokazatelně poškozuje lidské zdraví" (Infrasound from wind turbines demonstrably damages human health) and cite specific distance thresholds ("do 300 metrů nebezpečná neobyvatelná zóna" — within 300 meters, a dangerous uninhabitable zone). Source:
oenergetice.cz comments
The Slovak Context
Slovakia's anti-wind movement is newer but rapidly growing, driven by the same narrative toolkit.
Daniel Máčovský is described as the loudest critic of wind energy in Slovakia. He has compiled a book containing "36 complete scientific studies, over 800 links to professional articles, and nearly 700 reference sources" documenting alleged negative impacts of turbines. In an interview with
Hlavné správy (a Slovak alternative media outlet with a documented pro-Russian lean), he states that infrasound "does not decrease even 15 kilometers from the source, passes through walls and hills" and that "90 percent of people don't even realize their health problems are connected to wind turbines." He references Professor Žiaran, a Slovak acoustics professor, for academic credibility. Significantly, the interview was republished on
zapravdu.sk ("For Truth"), another site in the Slovak alternative media space. Source:
zapravdu.sk
The Slovak context is particularly interesting because
Slovakia has virtually zero wind energy experience — only two installations with a combined capacity of roughly 3 MW. This means the entire debate is being conducted on the basis of fear rather than lived experience. The narrative follows a classic pattern: "look what is happening elsewhere" (citing German, French, and Scandinavian cases), "our government wants to force this on us" (linking to Green Deal obligations), and "they are hiding the truth" (invoking suppressed science and industry cover-ups).
The pro-wind side in Slovakia (SPP, W.E.B. Windenergie, ZSE's "Za Vietor" initiative) is actively pushing back, referencing the WHO position and the 2023 Woolcock Institute double-blind study. But these counter-narratives exist primarily on corporate and industry sites, while the anti-wind narrative flows through the much more emotionally engaging alternative media ecosystem.
The Narrative Pattern in CZ/SK — A Summary
The Mattsson research and the "Separating Myth from Fact" lecture fit into a well-established Czech and Slovak disinformation template that works as follows:
1. Scientific kernel: A legitimate but narrow finding from a credible institution (Uppsala University) is extracted from its context. In this case: "infrasound from modern turbines propagates further than older models predicted."
2. Authority laundering: The finding is presented as if it proves health harms, despite the researcher not being a health scientist and the broader scientific literature not supporting the health claims. The Uppsala University branding provides credibility.
3. First amplification: The content is picked up by Epoch Times (Swedish edition first, then Czech/German editions), vindkraftsupplysningen.se (linked to Sweden Democrats), and international anti-wind networks (Wind Concerns, Principia Scientific International).
4. Local adaptation: Czech and Slovak sites repackage the content with local context — referencing Czech noise regulations, the Ralsko project, the acceleration zones legislation, and Slovak NECP targets. Local "experts" (Máčovský in SK) and local opposition groups (nechcemevetrnouelektrarnu.cz in CZ) provide domestic credibility.
5. Political framing: The health claims are woven into the broader anti-EU, anti-Green Deal, anti-globalist narrative that dominates Czech and Slovak disinformation. Wind turbines become yet another example of "Brussels forcing harmful policies on our nations." This intersects with existing anti-Western sentiment, pro-nuclear advocacy (Dukovany is a totemic issue in CZ), and rural identity politics.
6. Comment section seeding: Key claims ("infrazvuk prokazatelně poškozuje zdraví," "15 km dosah") become accepted shorthand in online discussions, gaining the status of "common knowledge" that no longer requires sourcing.
What Makes CZ/SK Particularly Vulnerable
— Near-zero existing wind infrastructure means no population has direct experience to compare against the fear narratives.
— Strong existing anti-EU sentiment (especially in CZ under Babiš, and in SK under Fico) provides a ready political framework for opposing "Brussels-mandated" renewables.
— The nuclear energy debate (Dukovany expansion in CZ, Mochovce in SK) creates a natural "either/or" framing where wind is positioned as the unwanted alternative.
— Epoch Times has well-established Czech and Slovak editions that serve as primary vehicles for introducing Western anti-wind content into the local information space.
— The Czech and Slovak alternative media ecosystems (Parlamentní listy, Hlavné správy, zapravdu.sk, nasepravda.cz, etc.) are highly interconnected and provide rapid amplification of anti-wind content.
Additional Czech/Slovak Sources
Epoch Times CZ — Infrasound from a physicist's perspective (Jan 2025)
Epoch Times CZ — Wind turbines: court sees them as "unambiguous cause" (Feb 2026)
Pravda Česko — Republished Epoch Times article (Feb 2026)
nechcemevetrnouelektrarnu.cz — Health impacts of wind turbines
nasepravda.cz — Wind turbines: what no one talks about (Jan 2026)
oenergetice.cz — ČEZ Ralsko project and comment section
zapravdu.sk — Máčovský interview on Slovak wind opposition
pro-vetrniky.cz — Czech fact-check on infrasound (Hnutí DUHA / National Reference Lab)
Czech National Institute of Public Health (SZÚ) — 2007 assessment of wind turbine health risks (PDF)
W.E.B. Windenergie CZ — Myths and facts on noise and infrasound
Za Vietor (SK) — What is infrasound and is it harmful?
SPP Slovakia — FAQ on wind energy and health