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Blowin' in the wind: Ocotillo residents decry dust raised by wind project
Despite numerous complaints including photos and videos of dust billowing up from construction activities at Pattern Energy's Ocotillo Express wind energy site, the apparent health hazard continues.
"This issue has been ongoing from the start of this project and someone needs to get control of it before there is serious health related issues."
June 13, 2012
by Mariam Raftery
in East County Magazine
Why hasn't the Bureau of Land Management taken steps to protect Ocotillo area residents from clouds of dust in an area with high rates of childhood asthma and where soil reportedly contains potentially deadly Valley Fever spores?
Despite numerous complaints including photos and videos of dust billowing up from construction activities at Pattern Energy's Ocotillo Express wind energy site, the apparent health hazard continues.
"This issue has been ongoing from the start of this project and someone needs to get control of it before there is serious health related issues," said Jim Pelley, an Ocotillo... [continue via Web link]
Web link: http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/10019
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