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letter to the editor
Health Canada wind turbine
noise study lacks credibility
To the Editor;
The following is an open
letter to Prime Minister Ste-
phen Harper and Rona
Ambrose, Minister of
Health.
The Multi -municipal
Wind Turbine Working
Group is comprised of
elected municipal council-
lors and appointed citizens
from parts of Southern
Ontario where approxi-
mately 30 per cent of indus-
trial wind turbines are con-
centrated. Over the past
several years, we have
received a growing number
of delegations from constit-
uents whose health has
been adversely affected by
proximity to the wind tur-
bines. It is not easy to listen
to people who continue to
suffer from ringing and pres-
sure in the ears, pounding
vibrations in the head and
chest, nausea, dizziness and
the ongoing inability to
sleep. Their stories are espe-
cially disturbing because we
know these people; we know
they are not lying; and it is
our responsibility under the
Municipal Act to protect
their health.
We are dismayed that the
recently released Health
Canada Wind Turbine Noise
and Health Study has
ignored the distress of real
people by hiding behind
meaningless "estimated"
noise projections and pre-
dictive modeling rather than
first making professional
clinical observations based
on the histories of actual
sufferers. Investigation of
anecdotal evidence is the
foundation of all medicine.
The Health Canada study
summary contains no refer-
ence to the growing body of
research that contradicts the
main theme of the sum-
mary. Our Grey -Bruce Med-
ical Officer of Health, Dr.
Hazel Lynn has found 18
peer-reviewed studies that
"provide reasonable evi-
dence.. . that an association
exists between wind tur-
bines and distress in
humans': The Brown County
(Wisconsin) Board of Health
has declared its wind tur-
bines a "public health nui-
sance" and a "human health
hazard for all people ... who
are exposed to Infrasound/
Low Frequency Noise and
other emissions potentially
harmful to human health'
The key findings have
been released without data
for verification and without
peer review. Epidemiolo-
gists have pointed out that
the study lacks scientific
credibility. Gaps, biases and
errors in methodology make
it unreliable. For example,
only 1234 out of the 2004
dwellings selected
responded to the survey
compromising its validity.
Only 20% of the homes stud-
ied were "near" turbines.
And yet homes up to 10 kilo-
metres away were included,
diluting the results from the
homes near the turbines.
And the serious issues of low
frequency noise, cyclical
sound and amplitude mod-
ulation were simply
overlooked.
At the same time, the
study contradicts itself. It
found that wind turbine
noise is "statistically related
to several self-reported
health effects including
blood pressure, migraines,
tinnitus, dizziness, and dis-
turbed sleep': And yet the
key findings, which have
been widely publicized
claim that "no evidence was
found to support a link
between exposure to wind
turbine noise and any of the
self-reported illnesses': Does
Health Canada no longer
advocate the precautionary
principle, which calls for rig-
orous caution when the
safety of any group is even
remotely threatened,
acknowledging that lack of
full scientific certainty
should not be used as a rea-
son for postponing meas-
ures to protect them?
It is our belief that the pre-
mature marketing of the key
findings has been a disser-
vice to the people of Can-
ada, an insult to those who
continue to suffer the averse
effects of the turbines, and
has resulted in loss of
respect and credibility for
Health Canada. We await
your explanation as to how
Health Canada came to its
conclusion that there are no
health problems when obvi-
ously there are.
Mark Davis
Chair, Multi -municipal Wind
Turbine Working Group