Gazette Corner: Wind Siting: Gina Asks the Question-----

Gina Duwe of the Janeslville Gazette has asked the correct question in the aftermath of the wind siting legislative battle last week. Who should decide?

In the articles on the effects of nightime noise on human health in The Evansville Observer, one author made the observation that it is amazing that when one asks who should decide issues of impact on human health, "physicians" are never considered the correct answer, but "politicians" are. Even a cursory review of the documents regarding wind turbine effects reveals scientific data that should be reviewed by scientists---maybe we should have a panel of three cardiologists decide whether there is an effect of sleep disturbance on heart health, and then throw in a pediatric specialist to decide whether it affects early learning and then a gerontologist to review effects on balance. A nice panel of 5.

Thanks Gina for asking the question. Click on the post for the article by Gina Duwe in the Janesville Gazette.

Who would you have decide? You make the call.