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Farmer Files Lawsuit Against Ontario Over Health Hazard Of Wind Turbines To Be Built Near His Home
October 21, 2009 6:23 a.m. EST

Toronto, Ontario (AHN) - The initiative of the Ontario government to turn to green sources of energy met opposition from a farmer who brought a lawsuit against the provinces because of the potential health hazards posed by a wind turbine to be built near his home.

Farmer Ian Hanna filed an application seeking a court review of Ontario's Green Energy Act. He complained that Ontario's plan to build five wind turbines near his Prince Edward County residence would bring with it noise level and even low frequency sound which could cause him and his family to lose sleep and risk acquiring cardiac arrhythmia, tinnitus and hypertension.

Hanna is supported in his battle against the wind turbines by former University of Western Ontario dean of medicine Dr. Robert McMurty, who cited more than 100 resident of Ontario who live near wind turbines have experienced negative health effects. Even prior to Hanna's lawsuit, McMurty had been pushing since November for an independent probe into the effect of wind turbines on human health.

Fortunately for Ontario, its other newly launched major green energy project was not opposed by residents. Ontario Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure George Smitherman attended on Oct. 14 the opening of the province's First Light Solar Park in Stone Mills, near Napanee.

The solar park, a joint venture between SkyPower Corporation and SunEdison Canada, is currently the largest-scale commercial solar farm operations in the country. It has over 126,000 solar panels spread across 90 acres. The solar panels could generate more than 10 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy on its first year of operations alone. That is sufficient to provide the electricity requirements of 1,000 homes.

Smitherman said in a statement, "Ontario is proud of this milestone project and we look forward to more solar success stories because of the Green Energy Act. We are committed to getting more green energy online and bringing more green collar jobs to communities across the province."

Source: http://www.allheadlinenews.com

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