9/29/21, 9:35 AM
Stafford Mail - Fwd: Question
Elisabeth Waldon <ewaldon@thedailynews.cc>
Fwd: Question
2 messages Randy Robson <rrobson.pine@gmail.com> To: ewaldon@thedailynews.cc
Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 4:17 PM
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From: Brian O'Shea <brian.oshea@apexcleanenergy.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 1:50 PM
Subject: RE: Question
To: Randy Robson <rrobson.pine@gmail.com>
Cc: Albert Jongewaard <albert.jongewaard@apexcleanenergy.com>
Hi Randy – Thank you for reaching out. Questions around health are not uncommon and a lot of the same ones seem to come up every time a project is proposed in a new community. I am happy to provide some additional information and I also copied my colleague, Albert Jongewaard, in case there are more questions either of us can help with. First I’d like to address the 2013 paper you reference that was published in the Canadian Family Physician (A publication of the College of Family Physicians of Canada). This was an opinion commentary piece (not a study, even though it is often referenced by people who express concern over wind energy) that was submitted to multiple journals by the authors. We urge folks to rely on peer-reviewed medical studies and research to become informed on this topic, not opinion pieces. Here is how it was described in a literature review by Frontiers in Public Health a multidisciplinary open-access journal which publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research (article linked here and also included in the Montcalm Wind Resource Binder): Jeffery et al. (51, 52): the overall goal of these commentary pieces was to provide information to physicians regarding the possible health effects of exposure to noise produced by wind turbines and how these may manifest in patients. In the 2013 article, information about the Green Energy Act was presented in such a way that implied that the overall goal of the Act was to remove protective noise regulations and allow wind turbines to be placed “in close proximity to family homes.” The authors suggested that there has been a concerted effort to minimize the potential health risks while convincing the general public and physicians that wind turbines are beneficial. No evidence was given to support these claims. Case reports and publications that reported adverse effects following wind turbines noise exposure were briefly discussed; however, only the negative health effects were highlighted. Older literature and a number of non-peer-reviewed articles and media reports were used to support the author’s opinions. The 2014 paper is very similar to that published in 2013. The authors provided a very one-sided opinion in their review of the issue of wind turbines and adverse health effects. They have missed a number of key https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ik=7fc19cadf0&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f%3A1710348019638678922&simpl=msg-f%3A1710366144205860622&simpl=msg-a%3Ar6140836312829548945
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