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Today's "Think Out Loud" show included a very unbalanced guest list in favor of the wind industry, so I suggest to the producers that you offer a follow-up show, to include those guests with factual and logical reasons for opposing industrial wind power anywhere, and especially here in the Gorge which is a crossroads of major migratory flyways and includes unique high priority habitats for countless species.

Wind turbines should never be placed near human residences for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to noise & low frequency impulse emissions which is known to cause cancer, cardiac and pulmonary diseases, as well as neurological afflictions. This is well documented by doctors studying what is now known as Wind Turbine Syndrome. This syndrome is being trivialized and scoffed at by developers and those who stand to make huge profits from wind turbines, but it is a real phenomena...for more info visit: www.ninapierpont.com

There should be a minimum 1.5 mile setback of the turbines from any residences, and a 5 mile setback to any town and 10 miles from National Scenic Areas and key viewing areas. Strict guidelines need to be created and enforced. Presently there are no federal or state regulations or standards that apply specifically to industrial wind power, as there are applied to all other energy generation facilities, i.e. hydro, nuclear, coal or gas-fired plants.

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