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Mitchell says peer-reviewed studies have shown no
connection between wind turbines and health problems
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some phone calls from ` people who
support local wind projects.
"The concerns outweigh the calls of
support," she said.
Mitchell said wind projects, 300 of
which are already located in the rid-
ing of Huron -Bruce, are necessary to.
clean up the environment.
"Is there support for it? There is,".
she said.
Mitchell said it's important not to
confuse health concerns with health
problems.
• "I think we can go forward. Sure,
they're raising concerns and we have
to deal with the concerns as they
come up," she said.
She said that there is a wind tur-
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of installing more there but no one
has been forced to move from their
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:problems related to wind turbines.
Mitchell said Dr. Robert McMurtry,
who recommended an epidemiologi-
cal study of health concerns related
to wind turbines, only, did a survey
to come up with his findings, not a
study that was peer-reviewed.
However, she pointed to a study
done by the medical officer of health
in Chatham -Kent which concluded
that there was no connection be-
tween wind turbines and any health
problems in the community. She said
that study was peer-reviewed.
After meeting with Mitchell on
Thursday afternoon, Huron East
Against 'Turbines (HEAT) spokes-
person Gerry Ryan said the group is
confused because of conflicting an-
swers it is receiving about when the
Green Energy Act will come into ef-
fect.
"It looks like the province is tell-
ing us it's still in the municipality's
jurisdiction until the Green Energy
Act's regulations are released so
we're in limbo until the Act is com-
pletely passed," he said.
Ryan said it's too soon to know if
the 550 metre setback nowbeing
proposed in the Green Energy. Act
regulations will make a difference
to the two five -turbine wind proj-
ects in the St. Columba!' area being
proposed by CASA Engineering and
Construction of Toronto.
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can't understand
yet. We know
that CASAis pro-
posing a 450 me-
tre setback but
nowhere does it
show what the
actual measure-
ments are so
there's no way of
measuring those
distances," he
said.
Since the wind turbines are pro-
posed to be located on four farms,
which range from 50 acres to 200
acres, Ryan said it's difficult to de-
termine how the setbacks will affect
the plans and how the turbines could
be arranged on the properties.
Ryan said HEAT is still pushing
for 1.5 km setbacks between wind
turbines and residences. He said
HEAT's petition asking for a mora-
torium on wind turbines in Ontario
until epidemiological studies can
be done on the health concerns sur-
rounding wind turnbines, now has
200 signatures.
The Port Elgin meeting will be held
at the Rotary Hall Community Cen-
tre June 22.
Comments on the proposals of the
Ministry of the Environment and the
Ministry of Natural Resources can
also be posted on the Environmental
Registry until July 24 at www ebr.
gov on.ca.
Written submissions can be sent to
Marcia Wallace Manager, Ministry
of the Environment, Environmental
Programs Division, Program . Plan-
ning and Implementation Branch,
55 St. Clair Ave, W, Toronto, ON,
M4V 2Y7.
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