Prevent "smart" meter placement on your home

Electric, gas and water utilities nationwide are installing
radio-broadcasting "smart" meters nation, replacing the present meters.

I've received calls and e-mails from electrically sensitive people who had
these attached to their homes, who are experiencing debilitating symptoms
corresponding in time with the placement of the meters. I certainly didn't
want one attached to my own home, yet made no progress in conversation with
We Energies, our elecricity provider here in Wisconsin. Their attitude
towards those of us protesting placement of these meters, was "If you don't
like it, get your electricty elsewhere," with, in-so-many-words, threat to
turn power off.

Catherine Kleiber, hostess of www.electricalpollution.com suggested that I
contact the local group of The National Council For Independent Living.  
The man I spoke with there assured me that he'd take care of that problem, no
worry. To my surprise, he did.

At least, it seems so. He says that the utility company agreed to leave
my present meter in place for now, and that if they bring the subject of a
RF meter up again he will take care of it then, too.

ES individuals who want to avoid placement of such a meter on their home,
or get an already-installed one removed can call the National Council For
Independent Living and ask for contact information of the nearest affiliate
group in their own area.

Please see Catherine's article, from her website, below.

Shivani Arjuna
www.LifeEnergies.com


Transmitting Smart Meters Pose A Serious Threat To Public Health

Transmitting smart meters are being installed nationwide on gas, water,
and electrical services, driven in part by funding for the Smart Grid
Program approved as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009.

This is of great concern because the exposure to microwave and
radiowave radiation from these meters is involuntary and continuous.
The transmitting meters do comply with Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) "safety" standards. However, those standards were
initially designed to protect an average male from tissue heating
(cooking) during a brief exposure. These standards were not designed to
protect a diverse population from the non-thermal effects of continuous
exposure to microwave and radiowave radiation. Therefore, these
"safety" standards were not designed to protect the public from health
problems under the circumstances which the meters are being used. The
transmitting meters most often being used transmit continuously, every
few seconds. This is picked up by a receiver and logged by the utility.
You are exposed to the transmissions from all the meters within
transmitting range. The meters often have a range of over 2 miles.
Thus, the exposure is continuous and the "safety" standards the meters
comply with are irrelevant to the situation. Please read this letter
from the Radiation Protection Division of the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) regarding the limitations of the FCC standards.

Some transmitting meters transmit at less frequent intervals, however,
they still seem to be causing health problems. This could be due to the
still elevated levels of radiowaves and microwaves in the neighborhood
because of all the neighbors transmitters. Remember, many, many meters
are transmitting at these intervals. (One person with a meter
transmitting hourly reports waking at the time it transmits.)

The transmitting meters can also put high frequencies directly on home
and building wiring. This can happen deliberately through signaling to
electrical loads or inadvertently through poor engineering. Poorly
engineered meters can cause electrical pollution by putting the
transmitted signal directly on home wiring or by the way they draw
power to operate. Whether deliberate or inadvertent, studies are
finding high frequencies on building wiring is related to a host of
health problems. Milham and Morgan found a dose-response relationship
between high frequencies present on building wiring and cancer.
Removing high frequencies on building wiring has improved MS symptoms,
blood sugar levels, asthma, sleep quality, teacher health, headaches,
ADD, and numerous other health problems. (Visit Research page to see
papers.) Technical papers provide a solid electrical and biomolecular
basis for these effects. A recent paper by Ozen, showed that transients
induce much stronger current density levels in the human body than does
the powerline 60Hz signal. A technical paper by Vignati and Giuliani
discusses the authors' findings that high frequency communication
signals on power lines also induce much stronger electrical currents in
the human body than a low frequency signal of the same strength. The
induced currents disturb normal intercellular communications. This
causes harmful short-term and long-term effects. Please see the
Technical pagefor information about properly measuring the high
frequencies on building wiring that are causing health problems. There
is also a simple meter that lay people can use to easily measure most
high frequencies on building wiring.

The objectives of the Smart Grid Program can be accomplished without
transmitting meters and without using other technology such as high
frequency communication over power lines, which are also harmful to
human health. It simply requires that meters be selected that are
properly engineered to meet the needs of the program without using
dangerous technology. Multi-rate billing and other sophisticated
metering options do not require that the meter transmit. Models are
available that download periodically on phone lines, dedicated
communication lines, or are read by a reader the meter reader carries.
Dedicated communication cables can be used to shut off or allow on
certain power consuming electronics such as air conditioners. It is
essential that only meters that do not transmit or put high frequency
signals on building wiring are approved for the Smart Grid Program.

The un-safeness of the "safety" standards for the continuously
transmitting smart meters is apparent from the reports of health
problems ranging from headaches to poor sleep to heart palpitations
that begin after their installation.

Transmitted microwave and radiowave radiation also have the potential
for causing serious long-term health consequences, even for those who
do not notice overt symptoms. The majority of independent studies
report similar results: impairment of cellular communication, DNA
breakages, increased stress proteins, etc. Studies targeting cellphone
and cordless phone usage are finding increased risk of brain tumors.
Children seem to be particularly vulnerable. A review of studies
performed prior to 2007 is available athttp://www.bioinitiave.org. A
recent public health study provides particularly strong evidence that
we should be concerned about continuous exposure to transmitted
microwave radiation. It can be found in a paper published in
Pathophysiology (Volume 16, Issue 1, June 2009, Pages 43-46) Apparent
decreases in Swedish public health indicators after 1997-Are they due
to improved diagnostics or to environmental factors?. The authors
looked at trend lines in data collected by the Swedish government and
found that the introduction of cellphone technology nationwide in 1997
coincided with the beginning of an accelerating deterioration of
several health indicators. Specifically, the rates of prostate cancer,
brain tumors, melanomas and lung cancers in the elderly all increased
dramatically. So did deaths from Alzheimer's disease, traffic accident
injuries, sick leave rates, and percentage of infants born with heart
problems. This paper is short and well worth reading. We should resolve
the public health questions before introducing further public exposure
to microwave radiation, particularly involuntary continuous exposure.

Radiowave and microwave radiation are not just a problem for people,
they are causing serious problems for animals of all types. Please
visit http://www.hese-project.org/hese-uk/en/issues/emr.php?id=bees and
http://www.hese-project.org/hese-uk/en/issues/ for more information.

I will be sending updates regarding the issue of transmitting smart
meters out to my email list. You may join the list by typing "join
email list" in the subject heading when you email the Webmaster at
[hidden email]. I will also be updating the website.

If you do not have a transmitting smart meter and do not want one for
health reasons, in addition to contacting your utility andPublic
Service Commission or Public Utility Commission, please do the
following:
    •     Spread the word about the public health threat posed by
transmitting smart meters. Link to
http://www.electricalpollution.com/smartmeters.html on your Facebook or
MySpace page, if you have one, or notify your friends online via email.

    •     Write George Arnold, National Coordinator for Smart Grid
Interoperability. He has the power to set policy on meter
qualifications for the Smart Grid Program. The program could, for
instance, require non-transmitting and non-electrically polluting
meters. However, he will have to be convinced of the public health
threat they pose in order to do so.

(I am in the process of adding to this list. Please join my email list
or check back for additional important actions you can take.)

If you already have a transmitting meter and it is causing you health
problems, please file a complaint with both the agencies listed below
and then send a copy of those complaints to the EMR Policy Institute at
[hidden email] with "Transmitting Smart Meter Complaint in the
subject heading so that they can independently compile the complaints.
(Please be prepared to give product information, including manufacturer
and model number, and health symptoms.)

    •     Food and Drug Administration - The FDA regulates electronic
consumer products that emit radiation (such as microwave ovens and
video monitors and cellphones). You can file a complaint through the
Medwatch Program on their website
athttps://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm
or by calling 1-800-FDA-1088. The same program that regulates medical
devices, regulates consumer products that emit radiation.

    •     Consumer Product Safety Commission - The Consumer Product Safety
Commission is responsible for taking dangerous products off the market.
You can file a complaint with the Consumer Product Safety Commission at
1-800-638-2772 orhttps://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx.

    •     EMR Policy Institute - Please send a copy of the complaints filed
with the FDA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the EMR
Policy Institute at [hidden email] with "Transmitting Smart Meter
Complaint" in the subject heading so that they can independently
compile the complaints. This is not a substitute for filing complaints
with the FDA or the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

They will not stop installing these meters unless complaints are filed.
Check back or join the email list for further steps you can take.

You may join the list by typing "join email list" in the subject
heading when you email the Webmaster
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