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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/14304762

Over the course of several months in 2024, TIME spoke to more than 40 people in the Granbury area who reported a medical ailment that they believe is connected to the arrival of the Bitcoin mine: hypertension, heart palpitations, chest pain, vertigo, tinnitus, migraines, panic attacks. At least 10 people went to urgent care or the emergency room with these symptoms. The development of large-scale Bitcoin mines and data centers is quite new, and most of them are housed in extremely remote places. There have been no major medical studies on the impacts of living near one. But there is an increasing body of scientific studies linking prolonged exposure to noise pollution with cardiovascular damage.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how the leap from chest pain to “it’s the bitcoins!!” happened.

CryptoFUD or clickbait or both.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Constant exposure to loud sounds can absolutely lead to other health conditions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Didn't claim otherwise, but the title is clear clickbait. It's a matter of a crap "datacenter" regardless of the data being processed. Could be AI of your tax returns, it just so happens to be cryptocurrency so let's put that in the title.