Page 1 of 12 Michael A. Jankowski – Presentation Companion (Exact Spoken Words at Presentation) Slide 2 : I have come to you today because I know, based on our experiences, observations and learnings, that the HAF Wind Turbines have invoked serious health issues for my family and myself and to warn you and others that if NRWC is allowed to proceed with a much larger Wind Project nearly the same distance from our home as HAF, that not only will our issues continue to get worse, but many of the 10,000 people living in the environ of the NRWC project area will also start to suffer from serious Wind Turbine induced negative health impacts as we have and probably worse. Many who will suffer will have a difficult task to determine why they are suffering and will also need help to know where to report any such suffering. Further, if they overcome the hurdles to find out where to report, it is unlikely they will receive any meaningful response, as experienced by my family and I. We have established a chain of causality, from the noise/vibrations which invade into our home, most often at night as we try to sleep through to the resultant health impacts we have experienced, which, are strikingly the same health impacts that studies note and the experiences of many other people also report. You should consider my presentation to be “eye witness” material. I n my full submission, I’ve provided what information I can from professionals in the short time I have been afforded by the ERT process. I offer this in addition to my experiences, observation and learnings including a letter from our family doctor. In my direct experience, the giant Wind Turbines which are the HAF Wind Power generation project do emit audible Low Frequency Noise and Inaudible Infrasound with a multi-cyclic characteristic so significant that we can hear/feel this noise/vibration in our home many nights as we try to sleep. (Similar in characteristic to 2 or 3 alarm clocks sounding) Often, when we hear/feel this, my ears feel pressurized and in some pain at times after hearing/feeling the noise/vibration from the HAF Wind Turbines. This is also consistent with what many others have noted. The sound/vibration bears a distinct monotonal predictable repetitive pattern – WHOOM, WHOOM, WHOOM, WHOOM, WHOOM which is in time with the HAF Wind Turbines and only present when they are turning as I will describe later. Since the HAF Wind Turbines (HWTs) commenced operation on June 14 th , 2014, my family and I noticed serious and negative changes to our health and wellness over time. Since my family and I have been subjected the HWTs noise/vibration, we have endured negative health consequences which we have not experienced previously and which are directly related to the parts of my body which are irritated when we hear/feel this noise/vibration. Some people admitted as Experts into this hearing will try to discredit my statements using literature from some other experts – but their views are theoretical – mine are practical, having lived through it. They have not made any projection including the variables present in our home, not determined how each person will react to noise exposure and I’ve referenced studies which state the both the home and the person present variables which are necessary to consider in order to determine whethe r people’s health will be impacted by sound/vibration emissions from Wind Turbines. Such studies state what I already know – noise/vibration inside the home caused by Wind Turbines can be higher inside the home
Page 2 of 12 than outside. Truly I tell you, these experts cannot credibly tell me that what I have experienced is not true. For they do not live in our home, they have not modelled our home and they have not taken any measurements in our home. Thus, the MoE and its experts collectively cannot claim knowledge of the absolute truth based on theoretical study, just as humanity learned from cigarette smoking. Up until the 1950’s, many doctors claimed smoking was actually good for you, yet now we know over 50% of regular smokers will die of some smoking related illness. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Our provincial government have a non-trivial percentage of people reaching out to them, including now us, telling them that they experienced serious, negative health impacts from the intrusion of foreign, monotonal sound/vibration emitted by large Wind Turbines near their homes and we continue to rely on theory to ignore their experiences. I may not have registered as an expert in this specific hearing, but I am a professional, just as the experts here who have weighed in. I am not a person who speaks in absolute terms easily, but I do on this issue, because I have lived through it, and I ask you to grant people’s experiences more credibility than in past ERTs. My experiences are in agreement with many studies, but most notably – the most recently released studies. I have a unique ear and I have listened to my body and employed a true process of elimination. The science is thus far not settled, but we must act to stop the suffering now – do not allow NRWC to proceed to place the largest Wind Turbines in North America in proximity to already seriously impacted people and in the environ of 10,000 people already living here. I have done my part before today to make the MoE aware of our issues. I have found out where to report issues related to Wind Turbines, despite it not being clearly documented by our MoE, over the last 6 months, reported our issues directly to the oddly named “Environment Spills” contact number and to the Wind Farm operator/financial benefactor Vineland Power Corporation and offered uncoloured experiences and a sincere offer to help them in any way I can. I have written councillors, the Ministry of Environment, the Minister of Environment, Federal MP, Provincial MP and even Kathleen Wynne for help, but have not received any from the MoE in relation to my reports and requests to have the right person/people work with us. So now I’ve decided to take a different approach and thus am here today. I do not bear malice toward the MoE or its experts, as we need people of their skill to protect people from these emissions and health issues. Slide 3: About Us The photo is a bit dated, from 6 years ago. My family and myself are residents of West Lincoln. We are a single income family of 5. We moved to rural West Lincoln just over 2 years ago as a great place to raise a family. As we are raising a young family here, our interests are personal and out of concern for the Health and Wellness of ourselves and all people in the vicinity of the currently approved NRWC Wind Farm and all Wind Farms where people may suffer serious health consequences and detriments to their wellness. About me: I am not accustomed to having to speak about myself or sell myself, but with the ERT being a record and for the wellness of ourselves and others – I will do so
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