The Environment Ministry said since 2016, it has received around a thousand complaints about the facilities from community members — who described noise pollution as “intolerable and unacceptable,” documents obtained by the Star show. “These measures have resulted in a noise environment that meets MOECC (Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change) requirements, taking into consideration the background noise of the surrounding environment and the facility noise,” he said. They have run into trouble with the Environment Ministry on several occasions. Gelbloom said the factory instituted a noise complaints system and regularly provides feedback to local residents. He said his 14-year-old daughter now sleeps on a mattress in their basement because of factory noise.

Source: thestar November 20, 2017 11:14 UTC