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SOUTH SHORE TOWNS DEBATE HEALTH EFFECTS OF WIND TURBINES

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A neighborhood in east Kingston alongside Route 3 where a proliferation of wind turbines has adversely affected a number of nearby homeowners as to noise pollution and the flickering of the blades when the sun is driectly behind. Here, at the Kingston MBTA rail station, four turbines can be seen; the three on the left are on private property, the smaller at the right on MBTA land. George Rizer for the Boston Globe

    A neighborhood in east Kingston alongside Route 3 where a proliferation of wind turbines has adversely affected a number of nearby homeowners as to noise pollution and the flickering of the blades when the sun is driectly behind. Here, at the Kingston MBTA rail station, four turbines can be seen; the three on the left are on private property, the smaller at the right on MBTA land.

    South Shore towns debate health effects of wind turbines

    A neighborhood in east Kingston alongside Route 3 where a proliferation of wind turbines has adversely affected a number of nearby homeowners as to noise pollution and the flickering of the blades when the sun is driectly behind. Here, at the Kingston MBTA rail station, four turbines can be seen; the three on the left are on private property, the smaller at the right on MBTA land.

    A neighborhood in east Kingston alongside Route 3 where a proliferation of wind turbines has adversely affected a number of nearby homeowners as to noise pollution and the flickering of the blades when the sun is driectly behind. Here, at the Kingston MBTA rail station, four turbines can be seen; the three on the left are on private property, the smaller at the right on MBTA land.

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    At the Kingston MBTA rail station, two of three 400 ft turbines on private property loom in the background.

    At the Kingston MBTA rail station, two of three 400 ft turbines on private property loom in the background.

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    David Kennedy, a resident of Copper Beech Drive, stands outside his home with one of the several turbines near the Kingston MBTA station looming in the background some half mile distant.

    David Kennedy, a resident of Copper Beech Drive, stands outside his home with one of the several turbines near the Kingston MBTA station looming in the background some half mile distant.

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    At the Kingston transfer station, a 400 ft turbine looms in the background.

    At the Kingston transfer station, a 400 ft turbine looms in the background.

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    David Kennedy stands on Schofield Road in Kingston where a turbine at the town transfer station looms over these row houses.

    David Kennedy stands on Schofield Road in Kingston where a turbine at the town transfer station looms over these row houses.

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    David Dardi of Scituate points to the spot in his backyard where the noise comes from. Typically, he can only hear it when the wind is blowing southwest.

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    The turbine is just barely visible over the trees from David Dardi's house in Scituate, but he says he can hear it loud and clear at night.

    The turbine is just barely visible over the trees from David Dardi's house in Scituate, but he says he can hear it loud and clear at night.

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