Forced to stick to arguments centring around the original appeal about the potential health effects of industrial wind turbines in the Varna wind project, representatives of the Middlesex Lambton Wind Action Group (MLWAG) could not pursue additional complaints about public safety issues at the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) held at Seaforth’s town hall last Wednesday.“One wonders where public safety fits in – I can’t understand splitting that from health concerns,” remarked Harvey Wrightman of MLWAG after panel chair Paul Muldoon heard a request to rule on the issue from both Varna Wind Inc. counsel John Terry and Ministry of the Environment Director’s counsel Danielle Meuelman.The original MLWAG appeal against the 40-turbine wind project in Bluewater and Huron East centred around potential causes of health concerns, including infrasound, low frequency noise, audible noise, visual impact, shadow flicker, stray voltage and electromagnetic fields.The group then raised other issues about the proximity of wind turbines to wellheads, compressor stations and gas storage, the intersection of an existing 500 kV double circuit transmission line and the risk of falling turbines, tower collapse and fire to both property owners and travellers, a move both Terry and Meuelman successfully blocked at the hearing by asking it be ruled inadmissable.Continue reading at the Lakeshore Advance:
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