{"id":3267,"date":"2009-07-21T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2012-01-25T07:03:19","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T12:03:19","slug":"wind-turbine-health-survey-ontario-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2009\/wind-turbine-health-survey-ontario-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Health survey (Ontario, Canada)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p>\u00a0<a title=\"website\" href=\"http:\/\/windconcernsontario.wordpress.com\/health-survey-information\/\">Wind Concerns Ontario<\/a>, a coalition of grass-root, citizen\u00a0organizations, has been doing the job of <a title=\"website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hc-sc.gc.ca\/index-eng.php\">Health Canada<\/a>.\u00a0 (<em>Mr. Prime Minister, are you reading this?<\/em>)\u00a0 WCO has been conducting a self-reporting survey, asking people living near industrial wind turbines how (or if) their health has been impacted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"WCO Health Survey (July 2009)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/wco-health-survey.pdf\">Click here for the latest results<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/clipboard-447x573.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/clipboard-447x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/clipboard-447x573.jpg 447w, https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/clipboard-447x573-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The following is taken from the <a title=\"website\" href=\"http:\/\/windconcernsontario.wordpress.com\/health-survey-information\/\">WCO website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a community-based survey; members of the community were encouraged to respond to a contact flyer. It&#8217;s a self-reporting survey, which is a valid [research protocol].<\/li>\n<li>This survey\u00a0reproduces the work of U.K. physician, Dr. Amanda Harry (2007).<\/li>\n<li>There were no restrictions placed on distribution or access to the survey. As a result, hard copy and electronic copies were sent on request. Standard protocal was used to protect confidentiality and data integrity.<\/li>\n<li>Victims are self-reporting.\u00a0 This follows the principle of Health Canada&#8217;s Canada Vigilance.<\/li>\n<li>Distribution started the end of March, 2009 and within 6 weeks, 76 responses were received with 53 reporting adverse health effects.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A cover page was sent with the surveys giving instructions and identifying exclusions:\n<ul>\n<li>If more than 1 adult in the home is affected please have each adult fill out a separate questionnaire.<\/li>\n<li>This questionnaire may be filled out by a person\u00a0 18 years of age or older who is fluent in English.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This questionnaire will NOT be used by anyone with any cognitive impairment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Some requested surveys online and there were no restrictions regarding distribution.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Surveys were returned to designated address.<\/li>\n<li>There are 585 operating turbines across Ontario.\u00a0 The wind turbine complexes implicated include:\n<ul>\n<li>Melancthon Phase 1 and 2, Canadian Hydro Wind Developers, \u00a0Shelburne,<\/li>\n<li>Kingsbridge 1 Wind Power, Goderich,<\/li>\n<li>Kruger Energy, Port Alma,\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Ripley Wind Power, Ripley,<\/li>\n<li>Enbridge Ontario Wind Farm, Kincardine,<\/li>\n<li>Erie Shores Wind Farm, Port Burwell.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The reports of symptoms are consistent with the work of Dr. Amanda Harry, U.K., Dr. Nina Pierpont, U.S.A. and Dr. Michael Nissenbaum, U.S.A.<\/li>\n<li>Reports of health problems are still coming in. The survey will be ongoing and results will be updated periodically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Wind Concerns Ontario, a coalition of grass-root, citizen\u00a0organizations, has been doing the job of Health Canada.\u00a0 (Mr. Prime Minister, are you reading this?)\u00a0 WCO has been conducting a self-reporting survey, asking people living near industrial wind turbines how (or if) their health has been impacted.\u00a0\u00a0 Click here for the latest results.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[163],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}