Smart meters IN THE MILLIONS are currently being installed in all our communities on every home and business. These meters create documented health and safety effects and other serious problems!
FAQ: “Smart” Meter BasicsQ: What is a “smart” meter?
“Smart” Meters are digital utility meters that send customers’ detailed usage information to the utility using a radio-frequency transmitter (or over the power lines in the case of Powerline Carrier (PLC) systems. The meter also contains other capabilities, such as remote shut-off. They are part of a larger plan to change the electricity grid to a “smart” grid–though there is controversy about whether the customer meter is actually crucial to that change. Electric smart meters are replacing older analog style meters, while gas “smart” meters are generally small devices attached to existing gas meters. Wireless water meters are also being planned in many regions.
“Smart” meter planning in the United States is related to the Energy Act of 2005 and administered by the US Dept of Energy, the FCC, and each state’s public utilities commission (PUC). However, in that Act, there was NO mandate to force all residential customers to accept installation of “smart” meters–only that they would be offered. Local utility companies in many states have been approved to install “smart” meters in every building that receives utility services, such as California.
Why Stop Smart Meters?
Utilities across the country are installing so-called ‘smart’ meters. As a result, bills are skyrocketing, health effects and safety violations are being reported, and privacy in our homes is being violated. Do we really need wireless smart meters?
- Do you want an accurate, reasonably priced utility bill?
- Do you value your health, and the health of your family and friends?
- Do you value civil liberties and the right to privacy?
- Do you care about wildlife and cutting carbon emissions?
- Are you concerned about job losses in this anemic economy?
- Are you in favor of fire regulations that put the safety of residents first?
- Are you alarmed about the decline of our democracy and informed decision-making?
Decide for yourself: http://stopsmartmeters.org/why-stop-smart-meters/
You Must Say No! By Not Saying No Is Saying Yes, Do Not Get Trapped By “Implied Consent”
Protect yourself now! Stop this before it happens.
Know The Dangers!
Smart Meter Health Complaints
List of symptoms:
- Sleep problems (insomnia, difficulty falling asleep, night waking, nightmares)
- Stress, agitation, anxiety, irritability
- Headaches, sharp pain or pressure in the head
- Ringing in the ears, ear pain, high pitched ringing
- Concentration, memory or learning problems
- Fatigue, muscle or physical weakness
- Disorientation, dizziness, or balance problems
- Eye problems, including eye pain, pressure in the eyes,
- Cardiac symptoms, heart palpitations, heart arrhythmias, chest pain
- Leg cramps, or neuropathy
- Arthritis, body pain, sharp, stabbing pains
- Nausea, flu-like symptoms
- Sinus problems, nose bleeds
- Respiratory problems, cough, asthma
- Skin rashes, facial flushing
- Urinary problems
- Endocrine disorders, thyroid problems, diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Changes in menstrual cycle
- Hyperactivity or changes in children’s behavior
- Seizures
- Recurrence of cancer
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/smart-meters/smart-meter-health-complaints/
What do experts have to say about the Smart Meter?
Reasons To Say No To The Smart Meter [PDF]
Public Health Physician Warns of Smart Meter Dangers
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Documentation
(Want more see blog)
American Academy of Pediatrics: New Media Policy & Call for Protection of Children and Pregnant Women from Wireless Radiation
http://www.safeinschool.org/2013/12/americanacademy-pediatrics-aap-radiation-children.html
Radio-Frequency Radiation Issues
Q: My utility says “smart” meters emit less than my cell phone or WiFi. Is this true?
In some cases this is true, and in some cases not true. The figures for RF exposure given by utilities are time-averaged numbers which hide the peak power of the “smart” meter, and disguise the fairly continuous nature of the pulses. “Smart” meters are unlike cell phones or WiFi in their bizarre pattern of sharp spikes of RF.
Both of those consumer devices (cell phones and WiFi) can be strong RF emitters. But people are becoming increasingly aware of the potential harm done by chronic exposure to RF radiation-emitting devices and are taking steps to change how they use them. Growing public awareness of RF exposure has led people to choose a wired internet connection or use a wired phone at home. But most people are not offered a wired “smart” meter. And you can’t turn it off once it’s installed.
A “smart” meter is a device you cannot turn off or move, so your exposure to this source of RF is out of your control. The rate and intensity of the RF radiation is also not under your control, and we are coming to learn, it is not under the utility’s control. Recent information “off the record” from PG&E confirms our suspicion that at least 90% of the RF emitted by the “smart” meters is NOT transmitting your electrical usage data, but is part of the “mesh network” talking to itself, and includes a lot of redundant “chatter” between your meter and other meters. This is for the convenience of your utility, and its effects on you (and other living things) apparently were not even considered when they were designing the mesh network. http://stopsmartmeters.org/frequently-asked-questions/radio-frequency-radiation-issues/#cellrad
Must Watch Videos!
Smart meters: exposed [Take Back Your Power]
See more videos from “Take Back Your Power” https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePowerFilm/videos
More Frequently Asked Questions
http://stopsmartmeters.org/frequently-asked-questions/
Must Read
http://www.takebackyourpower.net/take-action/10-questions-for-your-utility/
Ways to take Action
First tell your power company no right away before they install, also send a certified letter to your power company, here is a sample letter, Smart Meters: Notice of No Consent to Trespass and Surveillance, Notice of Liability.
Also post signs on your property before the driveway and also post a sign on your meter box stating “Do Not Install A Smart Meter”, lots of sings can be found on the web.
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