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Allowing wind turbines too close to homes is a disaster, says writer
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Dear Editor, Enough is enough. Since the first industrial wind project started in Ontario in the riding of Huron-Bruce, held by Liberal Carol Mitchell, constituents have been begging her to do something about the serious harm to their health. They asked for help, plain and simple. Help did not come. What did come in buckets was criticism of people suffering unbearable health problems because wind turbines were operating near their homes. Innocent people in rural communities were abused by their government which called them NIMBYs. Wind promoters implied that victims could be lying to get a buyout from their family homes. The premier continuously stated that Ontario had the best regulations. Ontario has the only regulations. Nowhere else in the world are wind turbine developments legislated into law. Nowhere else are communities told they have no choice. Where else could the wind industry get to do what it wants - where it wants - without answering to the concerns of citizens? In a fashion that is looking all too familiar, Jutta Splettstoesser, a vocal supporter of wind turbine installations, pronounces now that she is the one being victimized. How dare she? I once had a conversation with Ms Splettstoesser. She had every right in a democratic and free society to voice an opinion. But she did not have the right to go in front of our council (May 2, 2011) and disrespect, discredit and dismiss the 11 members of her community who have been consistently asking for help. There are no words to describe the social injustice taking place under a veil of 'green'. As a mother and a partner, I constantly asked anyone who would listen, “If you saw these severe health changes in your loved ones what would you do?” Dr Robert Y. McMurtry has said over and over: There are two competing claims - one side says that there are health problems, the other says there aren't. Do the science. No one expected wind turbines to cause problems. I didn’t. But my home and my family were turned upside down with misery when they started operating. I kept a three-inch binder of the symptoms I had, and the E-mail and phone records with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment begging for help. I was rushed to the emergency with serious heart problems.
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neighbours’ lives and personal loss were/are also unbearable. Victims of the harm inflicted by industrial wind complexes do not have to prove anything. The fact is, what is happening in Ontario is happening around the world…in Australia, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, the United States, Japan, France, Great Britain, Spain and so on. Yet Ms Mitchell and all of her Liberal colleagues have failed to support their constituents advocating for health and safety. I am not a political person, but on Oct. 6, the Liberals and their wind partners must go, so we can return to the peaceful and safe communities we love. Many believe that wind turbines will be an economic disaster. Others believe they will be the saviour. To me, it doesn’t matter. Allowing wind turbines too close to homes is a disaster and the longer it takes for the leaders of the free world to accept this, the worse it will be in the long run. Enough is enough. Sincerely, Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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