Urgent Action Required Regarding National Guidelines on Wind Turbine Noise

Re: Canadian Guidelines for Wind Turbine Noise Working Group of the FPT Committee on Health and the Environment (FPT)

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Many of you have seen the article by David Hutton, Star Phoenix January 11, 2011 entitled “Sask. to use federal setback standards for turbines.” There has been a strong reaction to this article – many have expressed dismay and deep contempt that another Minister of Health is advocating Ontario’s wind turbine guidelines.

The Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal Decision, the Ontario Freedom of Information request, and peer-reviewed articles published during 2011, all describe the adverse health effects occurring under Ontario Guidelines.

All members of WCO are urged to write the Minister of Health, the Deputy Minister, the Assistant Deputy Minister, local federal MP, provincial MPP, and local Mayors and Councils about any concerns you have regarding the implementation of National Guidelines that are based on the flawed Ontario guidelines.



Attached is a public letter from Krogh and Harrington regarding their attempts to advise senior officials at Health Canada about the issues regarding this topic. You are free to make use of this information including the attachments.

You can write Saskatchewan’s Chief Officer of Medical Health to advise her about the harm that Ontarians are experiencing.

Please, forward all the attachments with your letter of concern.

Thank you! 

Jane Wilson, 

President

Wind Concerns Ontario
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Email addresses:

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq
Health Canada
leona.aglukkaq@parl.gc.ca

Deputy Minister Glenda Yeates
Health Canada
glenda.yeates@hc-sc.gc.ca

Assistant Deputy Minister Hilary Geller
Health Canada
hilary.geller@hc-sc.gc.ca

Ms Beth Pieterson, Director General
Health Canada
Beth.Pieterson@hc-sc.gc.ca

Minister of Health, Saskatchewan
Dr. Moira McKinnon
c/o Pat Probyn pprobyn@health.gov.sk.ca

Prime Minister Stephen Harper
pm@pm.gc.ca

Health Canada National Guidelines - January 12 2012 FINAL[1]

Other References that will be informative and can be attached in writing your MP, and relevant Ministers:

• Lawyer Eric Gillispie's August 17th Letter to the federal minister of health regarding our concerns with the process in establishing Canadian Guidelines for Wind Turbine Noise
• Eric Gillespie's September 23,2011 follow-up letter to the federal Heath Minister reiterating concerns stated the previous month
• Eric Gillespie's letter re: White Pines Project, noting wind turbines are, according to an Ontario Environmental Review in 2011, capable of harming human health
• Eric K. Gillespie Letter, on November 23, 2011, to Ontario Ministers of Energy, Health and Environment re: multiple issues with MoE web page "The sound of science"
• Lawyer Eric Gillespie's Response to Government Release of Dated, and disputed, Literature Review on Health Effects of Industrial Wind Turbines