A victory of sorts for wind farm opponents.
A Toronto divisional court has agreed to hear a case against Ontario’s use of industrial wind turbines to generate electricity.
Ian Hanna — a resident of Prince Edward County — is claiming the province failed to properly consider how the turbines may effect health before allowing the turbines to go up 550 metres from any home.
Hanna’s lawyer Eric Gillespie says evidence that turbines may be making people sick was not considered by a properly qualified medical expert.
He says experts said at the time the 550-metre rule was put in place there is “scientific uncertainty” about the health effects of turbines.
The Society for Wind Vigilance says some people living near Ontario’s 700 turbines report sleep problems, stress, headaches and difficulty concentrating due to the noise.
Energy Minister Brad Duguid has said Ontario’s chief medical officer of health told him there is no credible evidence to suggest the turbines negatively effect health.
