On February 25th and 26th there was a huge snowstorm here. During the storm I spent many hours in my living room, near my fireplace, about five feet away from the electric meter, which is installed outside my living room window. My right ear was facing the meter. My husband was traveling and my son was not at home for the same length of time that I was. The electricity went on and off several times during those two days. At one point I heard a piercing sound along with pressure in my ears. Along with the symptoms I had previously experienced, I began to develop worse symptoms, including the following: *Heart palpitations,*A buzzing-pulsing sound, especially in my right ear,*Agitation,*Interrupted sleep with nightmares of being attacked,*Accelerated heartbeat.  I was afraid that I would have a heart attack.

The symptoms would lessen when I went outside. It seemed that there was something wrong inside my home, perhaps with the electricity. Through research and talking to electricians, I began to realize that my symptoms might be traceable to something relating to the meters. They were the only recently installed appliances in our home with radio frequencies.

After many desperate phone calls to Con Edison, it removed the digital meters, but only after I presented a note from my doctor, upon which Con Edison insisted. In place of the electric meter Con Edison installed another electric, digital meter that it assured me emitted NO radio frequency…

Con Edison also told me that I would need in the future to provide it with meter readings. Con Edison told me that both my doctor and I would be receiving a follow up communication from its health department, which we never did.

Whether the people at Con Edison lied or did not know what they were talking about is a question that needs to be answered. This meter also had a radio frequency … I realized this when my symptoms got worse. I was truly afraid that I would have a heart attack. I became terrified in my own home and could not find a comfortable place to sleep, because the buzzing pulsing sound in my ear was so disturbing. Before all of this started I was a healthy 51 year old.

Again, after making many more calls to Con Edison, on March 4 they removed that meter from my house and replaced it with an analog meter (this is the same type of meter Con Edison had initially removed in June 2009).

My immediate responses were so remarkable that I recorded them.*Tingling in arms,*Legs felt very heavy,*The buzzing-pulsing became quieter.*I felt as if my body was weighted down with exhaustion.  Within hours I began feeling better. The loud buzzing-pulsing sound quieted down and my thoughts were less scrambled.

But my difficulties continued. In our home we have lived with wireless appliances, cell phones and fluorescent light bulbs for at least three years, and to my knowledge they have never been a problem for me. Now I cannot be near any of these things because I get a buzzing in my ears and my heart starts to race. The only possible cause for this change is that Con Edison placed meters emitting radio frequencies on and in my home in June.

Since Con Edison removed the digital meters and replaced them with an analog meter I am feeling better, but some of the symptoms have not gone away completely.

When I asked the Con Edison “Meter Relations”department (212-460-4111) if I could see a copy of the test results for human exposure to the frequencies in the meters, I was told that I must obtain a subpoena to acquire that information.

Con Edison also told me that the FCC had approved the meters. When I called the FCC, I was told that it does not address human health issues, but only with regulating frequencies, and the person with whom I was speaking hung up on me….

This could be a very dangerous situation. These meters are being used across New York State and the country. People might become sick from them and not know what is happening to them.

I am requesting that the meter replacement program be stopped immediately and that home owners be given the right to opt-out of receiving these meters if they do not want them, until further testing is done to learn the effects of the frequencies they emit, especially in combination with other frequencies to which we are already being exposed.

Thank you.

Michele Hertz

New York

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I am Toril Jelter, a board certified pediatrician specializing in medical and environmental aspects of autism related illness. I have health concerns regarding the unbridled roll out of wireless technologies without adequate health studies before hand. Dear FDA/FCC, I request a moratorium on the Smart Meter roll out ASAP until a proper assessment of health effects has been conducted. Here are a few patient stories for your review: A 2 year old child can’t sleep at night. He screams inconsolably for hours. When the mother takes the child away from the SF Bay area to a remote area with poor cell phone reception the child sleeps well every night and naps as a normal 2 year old would during the day. A 40 year old man with MS & EHS (multiple sclerosis and electrohypersensitivity) requests no Smart Meter. His doctor writes a letter to support this request. It is granted BUT only temporarily! His 4 neighbors get a Smart Meter and he develops such severe ringing in the ears (tinnitus) that he is no longer able to sleep indoors. He discovers that the only way he can sleep is to sleep outdoors. (This could be explained by the cumulative effect of EMF in his home + the Smart Meters next door.) A 45 year old woman with MS has been stable for several years. After installment of a Smart Meter she goes down hill rapidly. Depression,flu-like symptoms and severe fatigue. Another woman with MS 50 years old improving. Gets a Smart Meter. Gets worse balance, worsening depression. Falls breaks 2 ribs and punctures a lung. A 10 year old child with high functioning autism gets a Smart Meter. His handwriting deteriorates. He seems more fatigued. He gets flu like symptoms frequently. Looses his appetite. Stops gaining weight. A 65 year old woman gets a Smart Meter, actually 4 at the head of her bed. (condo)She develops severe tinnitus, sleep disturbance, intermittent confusion, memory problems, heart palpitations and diabetes. PLEASE HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON READ AND UNDERSTAND

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For anyone who wishes to fight the installation of a Smart Meter on their  home for medical reasons, I would like to share my own successful experience. I live in the San Diego area –most of us in California live very close to our neighbors homes, and unfortunately there is nothing to date we can do to stop installation of their meters.  However, nothing in The Telecommunications Act of 1996 prohibits us from complaining about health when installing a Smart Meter on our own homes. A “Smart Meter” is NOT a “wireless facility” [thus exempted from health concerns] and many of us will be/are being harmed by the unwelcome radiation in our homes. Do not let your electric company tell you otherwise. Tell them to very carefully read Section 704 of The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and ask how they would define a Smart Meter as a wireless facility – i.e. are cell phones wireless facilities? Of course not. It defies logic.  But be prepared, because that excuse may be attempted by your electric company. SDG&E tried it –unsuccessfully. Bottom Line: You do have a right to complain about health concerns, but be prepared to offer solid proof by way of a physician’s documentation.

When I heard SDG&E was going to install Smart Meters in Rancho Santa Fe, CA I did the following to prevent installation of a Smart Meter on my home.:1) I called and followed-up in writing with SDG&E corporate office,informing them that I had a heart condition that could be adversely affected by RF radiation. Anyone who is known to be electro-sensitive should have the same rights as those of us who have heart-related issues.

2) I got a letter from my cardiologist explaining that RF radiation has been known to alter heart rhythms. (But first I had to educate my cardiologist as to what a Smart Meter is and does. I am attaching two documents I took to my cardiologist.)

* Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 1997 ;70 (1):9-21 9258703

<http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:9258703> Exposure to extremely-low-frequency

electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation: cardiovascular effects

in humans. [My paper] <http://lib.bioinfo.pl/auth:Jauchem,JR> J R Jauchem

* The 2002 letter from Norbert Hankin of the US Environmental

Protection Agency to Janet New of (then) The EMR Network [she is now head of

the EMR Policy Institute]. [My paper]Norbert Hankin’s revealing letter

indicates standards set by the US government in 1996 do not apply to

non-thermal effects of RF radiation. In other words, we are not living in a

world of protection; the non-thermal effects of RF radiation were not taken

into account when the regulations were established. “Safety standards”

were never set. “Safety” is a false assumption.

3) I made an appointment to see Gunnar Heuser, MD, PhD., in the Los

Angeles area. Dr. Heuser has long specialized in neuro-toxicology and is

widely recognized as an one of the top medical experts in this arena. Dr.

Heuser can objectively test a patient to document electro-sensitivity, and

if they are found to be electro-sensitive, he can write a medial report that

can unequivocally state one’ s health may be harmed by exposure to RF

radiation from a Smart Meter. I fell into this electro-sensitive category,

as have many others. Dr. Heuser is seeing more and more patients adversely

affected by Smart Meters. He can be reached at: (310) 500-0041. Dr. Heuser’ s address:

P. O. Box 2730, Agoura Hills, CA 91376.

4) I then sent letters from my cardiologist and Dr. Heuser to SDG&E’s

corporate office. I told them they could not place a Smart Meter on my home

due to health concerns. Additionally, I stated I would hold SDG&E legally

responsible if my health was further impaired by a Smart Meter.

5) The result? SDG&E did not install a Smart Meter on my home.

Susan Foster

Rancho Santa Fe CA

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January 4, 2010

Ms. Susan Crane

Director, Meter to Bill Process

We Energies

231 W. Michigan Street

Milwaukee, WI 53203

susan.crane@we-energies.com

Dear Ms. Crane:

My patients, Shivani Arjuna and her husband Dan Small, have asked me to write to you with regard to how Shivani is affected by exposure to communication frequencies and “dirty electricity”

frequencies. They are deeply concerned that placement of one of We Energies’ new, radio-broadcasting meters on their property would be harmful to their health, especially to Shivani’s. I share their concern.

People who are aware of experiencing symptoms as soon as they are exposed to radio (RF) and microwave (MW) frequencies are currently termed “electrically hypersensitive,”

or EHS. Shivani is electrically hypersensitive. However, these individuals are by no means the only people actually being affected by such exposure, as ample, rigorous research done over a period of several decades shows chronic exposure causes health damage to people who note no immediate symptoms. Please see, for example, the bibliography of reported biological phenomena associated with radio-frequency and microwave radiation compiled by the US Navy Medical Research Institute in 1971, with over 2,000 references., at: www.dtic.mil/cgibin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD750271&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf. Also, please see the summary of EMF effects at: www.icswebsite.com/emf/emfissues.htmlwith 62 more recent references.

The immense proliferation of wireless technologies in the past few years has given rise to health problems that cannot be successfully treated medically, as medicine cannot remove the underlying cause, the exposure to radiation.

Safety regulations of various nations vary widely regarding what level of exposure is supposedly safe. Unfortunately, most countries’ regulations are still based on the old, inaccurate assumption that non-ionizing radiation is not harmful unless it actually heats body tissues. The fact that a given technology adheres to the present standards is meaningless in terms of its actual biological effects. Even an EPA spokesperson has stated that present U.S. standards are not protecting citizens from harmful radiation. Research shows harmful effects at levels far below what is presently allowed.

Years of research also reveal a broad range of symptoms and diseases caused by RF exposure. This is hardly surprising, as the human body functions electrically from the cellular level on. Attached you will find a list of conditions caused by exposure to RF and therefore termed “radio wave sickness.”

There are probably more mechanisms underlying the damage done to health by manmade electromagnetic frequencies than we are presently aware of. (To date, the mechanism by which smoking tobacco causes cancer is unknown.)

However, here is brief information regarding a few known mechanisms:

o It is established from multiple, independent studies that EMR from ELF to RF/MW reduces melatonin in animals and human beings. Melatonin is not only vital for healthy sleep, it is the most potent, naturally produced antioxidant that helps to protect cells from genetic damage that leads to cancer, neurological, cardiac and reproductive damage, illness and death.

o Exposure to intensities and field strengths that are extremely low cause a biological effect called calcium ion efflux. Calcium ion alteration of cells by EMR is linked to neurological degeneration, to cancer and many other health effects. The heart is also an electromagnetic organ, with an electric pulse initiating a cascade of calcium ions that cause the cells in the heart to contract and produce a heartbeat. Exogenous electromagnetic signals can interfere with this regular, electrical pulse leading to heart disease and heart attack of the arrhythmic kind.

o Physiological changes that are bedrock indicators of allergic response and inflammatory conditions that are stimulated by EMF exposures include: overreaction of the immune system; morphological alterations of immune cells; profound increases in mast cells in the upper skin layers, increased degranulation of mast cells and larger size of mast cells in EHS individuals; presence of biological markers for inflammation that are sensitive to EMF exposure at non-thermal levels; changes in lymphocyte viability; decreased count of NK cells; decreased count of T-lymphocytes; negative effects on pregnancy (uteroplacental circulatory disturbances and placental dysfunction); suppressed or impaired immune function; and inflammatory responses that can result in cellular, tissue and organ damage if exposure occurs on a continuing basis over time. Mast cells are also found in the brain and heart, and this might account for some of the other symptoms commonly reported: headache, sensitivity to light, arrhythmias and other cardiac symptoms.

o Many studies have shown that RF/MW radiation and ELF fields cause increased DNA strand breakage and chromosome aberrations.

As was concluded by the authors of the Bioiniative Report (www.bioinitiative.org ), it is unwise from a public health perspective to continue “business-as-usual,”

deploying new technologies that increase RF exposures, particularly involuntary exposures.

Any company or industry whose products or operational methodologies cause involuntary exposure to RF radiation would do well to become more informed about these and other effects of such exposure, both to protect the public and to protect themselves from future liability suits.

Though it is no longer possible in today’s world to completely avoid exposure to communications frequencies, EHS individuals such as Shivani, need to live in a personal environment as clear of RF/MW as possible. This is recognized in Sweden, where the government creates safe working and living spaces for such individuals. In the U.S., EHS individuals have to do what they can to create their own safe living spaces. Certainly, these safe havens, on their own property, should not be denied them.

I have been Shivani Arjuna’s physician since 2002 and have noted how her specific symptoms and overall health have corresponded directly to her exposure to RF/MW radiation. Initially, she was experiencing incapacitating and life-threatening symptoms related to such exposure. At present, she is able to remain free of RF/MW exposure-induced symptoms as long as she remains in the safe home space that she and her husband have gone to considerable effort and expense to create. That she remains EHS is clear from how she responds to exposures when not in that safe environment.

It is my opinion that the placement of an RF-broadcasting device connected to the wiring on this property would be extremely detrimental to Shivani’s health and that it must not be allowed.

Such a device connected to their wiring, whether at or away from their house, would cause RF to be broadcast from the wiring throughout their home. I suggest the alternative of asking them to take regular meter readings from their present meter and call or mail these to you, with a We Energies employee checking the meter annually or semi-annually to ensure accuracy.

I look forward to your response and hope you will agree to this solution to ensure that Shivani’s health be respected and protected.

Sincerely,

Roy D. Ozanne, MD, HMD

77 Responses to Smart Meter Health Complaints

1. Jenny Donegan says:

   November 11, 2011 at 2:17 pm

   I have been diagnose with a thyroid condition that I think is directly related to exposure to smartmeter ionized radiation. Here are the resources I have found informative.
   http://youtu.be/FLeCTaSG2-U

   and this article
   http://www.avaate.org/IMG/pdf/Tiroides_Pulse_modulated_900_MHz_radiation_induce_hypothyroidism_and_apoptosis.pdf

   Not sure what to do, PE&E will not remove the smart meter. My home office is 5 feet from my smart meter and I have been sick for a few months now.
2. Lody Haroun says:

   November 15, 2011 at 8:21 pm

   I have recently been staying at my brother in laws house for a few days a week. I recently found out that the smart meter was installed without his permission and that the energy company refused to change it back to the analogue meter. This afternoon a ‘smart meter visitor’ came around to check to see if it ‘has an anetenna.. or not’ I asked him to explain to me further as to what was going on and he proceeded to tell me that ‘he cant tell me untill he finds out if there is an antenna or not” because he was sent out to a few homes that have had ‘missing antenna’s or faults’ The person refused to answer any further questions… except to justify the meters with the world wide use of mobile phones… which was just ridiculus. I told the gentleman that he needed to research these devices further as he is more exposed to smart meters. The man looked at me as if i was crazy. I can’t understand why people cant put two and two together and realise the gov’t never spends money for US to save, it only spends money for US to SPEND MORE and for THEIR SAVINGS – whether they effect the health of the community or not. My brother in law has not been complaining about health effects, however im wondering if this is the case because there was an ‘antenna’ missing, or supposedly missing. I also asked if I was the only person asking him these question and no answer was given. Individuals need to speak up! In parts of Australia you can’t just change over your organisation as some energy providers dont use or acept smart meters and your current provider will refuse to change it back to analogue. The person also said that by Law as of next year every Australian household will have a smart meter… and it will be a choice between smart meter or NO ELECTRICITY. He claimed that the company would shut down electricity if a smart meter was refused. These are scare tactics – I say its killing us softly era – There is NO LONGER A CHOICE … smart meter or no electricity. Im taking his INFORMATION seriously…
3. Linda J. Tillotson says:

   November 16, 2011 at 4:54 am

   Since a Smart Meter was installed on our house two years ago the following health issues have transpired. My step father died of lung cancer, my mother has severe headaches, tightness and pain in her chest, my brother in-law has loud ringing in his ears, my sister has insomnia, and I have depression, weakness in hands and arms, constant aching in all my bones along with bouts of insomnia. We want this meter taken off our house and I will do everything possible to make this happen.
4. nowifimeters says:

   November 16, 2011 at 10:36 pm

   These meters and the LAN antennas they put on our buildings are dangerous. In time we will see. It’s the NWO’s agenda to track and treat us like slaves. We need a triage solution in the meantime, in response to the dangerous wifi meters being put near our homes and work places. I saw recently that tin foil placed over a smart meter lessened the RF.

   We need to find a simple and cheap solution to help us survive until we can get away from the meters. Is this to put foil over every meter we see; is it to line our walls that separate us from the meters with some kind of shielding, like foil?

   We always laughed at the “tin foil hat” people. But in reality, it may be a short term help. Please lets figure out what we can do to help ourselves in the short term. I recently purchased a meter so I can find out what the exposure is, now that the F*ing PG&E secretly installed this.
5. admin says:

   November 17, 2011 at 8:40 am

   I appreciate your suggestion that we need to find a simple and cheap solution to this problem. If you put tin foil on the outside of the meter it will radiate stronger into the home. Shielding is tricky, not simple.
   People can change out their own meters for analogs , but this is not cheap. A multi- approach is what we have done and we need to keep raising public awareness.

   What do you think of bright colored stickers that say “RF bio- hazard” or something like that and sticking those on every meter you see?
6. TAH says:

   November 17, 2011 at 4:42 pm

   How can the horrible ill health effects of these “smart” meters be denied??? I suffer from the same exact problems as everyone else has stated here. I didn’t know what was wrong with me either, until I found out about these damn meters!! I am going to sue, sue and sue. I was told told that nothing was being done until some bill or ? gets ruled upon by ??. What a load of BS! See you clowns in court!
7. Rob says:

   November 17, 2011 at 9:26 pm

   EMF is everywhere, cell towers, anything electrical battery powered or powered from a utility or a generator has EMF. RF is everywhere, it comes from satellites in space, radio and tv transmissions, once again cell phones, short wave radios, cordless anything, baby monitors.
   Every car today produces more EMF than anything you have in your household and just think you are locked in that metal capsule that does not absorb it or allow it to dissipate into the environment.
   Yes, we don’t always have choices in what companies do to innovate. Though we do have the ability to be educated and change our lifestyles and environments to conform with our beliefs.
8. admin says:

   November 19, 2011 at 1:14 pm

   Rob, your point that EMF’s are everywhere is a misconception in that there is more in some areas, less in others. Practicing prudent avoidance means to understand and avoid EMFS and learn how to reduce your exposures wherever possible. To suggest people move to the desserts of South America is derogatory and making fun of people who have become sick, so I removed it from your comment.
9. Charyl Zehfus says:

   November 23, 2011 at 10:09 am

   Just an idea here about the person who PG&E responded to quickly to remove the smart meter: he or she said it was affecting other appliances, including garage door opener and coffee maker (besides their dogs’ new strange behavior). THE LESSON HERE IS BE SURE AND TELL THEM ABOUT INTERFERENCE with THINGS in your home to get a response.
10. Matt C says:

    November 30, 2011 at 2:41 am

    We DO have a choice nomatter what they say. My choice is soon to junk their stupid “Smart” meters and refuse their service. I am going off grid by makin my own solar panels. It’s not that hard. Look at countless YouTube videos for building your own D.I. Y. solar panels. An off grid system you build own and maintain is the only real smart answer to this game of harassment bullying denial ignorance and blame-shifting being played by the big electric utilities. Solar power is DC and DC power is both quieter, and safer for human beings in terms of direct contact and lower EMF and RFI emissions. Directly DC-based motors and appliances also are also generally more efficient because they lose no power like AC appliances do, due to having to invert alternate alternations of voltage (rectify Ac into pulsed DC) and smooth ripple from pulsing rectified peaks to try to achieve a more stable DC-like power supply necessary to operate sensitive electronics etc. Thus I recommend slowly room by room converting your appliances and other machines to accept straight DC input by bypassing their internal AC TO DC circuitry and merely transforming an input voltage to any wanted voltage using a Multi-tap transformer only from your solar DC-power battery storage array. If you aren’t technically savy to convert power supplies, new directly DC powered gear can be found ready to order online from a variety of vendors on eBay and from other websites.
11. admin says:

    November 30, 2011 at 7:34 am

    Matt: you write: “converting your appliances and other machines to accept straight DC input by bypassing their internal AC TO DC circuitry and merely transforming an input voltage to any wanted voltage using a Multi-tap transformer only from your solar DC-power battery storage array. If you aren’t technically savy to convert power supplies, new directly DC powered gear can be found ready to order online from a variety of vendors on eBay and from other websites.”

    Can you provide some links to websites that you found most helpful to understand how to do this?
12. Linda says:

    November 30, 2011 at 11:10 am

    My electric company hasn’t put a smart meter on my house. I think I have one on my gas meter as the meter man does not come into my yard anymore. He just pulls up in his truck and gets the meter reading from there. I called them up and they said it is the same meter, but they just added something to it so they can read it from the street, do you think this is a smart meter?
13. admin says:

    November 30, 2011 at 1:07 pm

    If they read it from the street it’s not like the new smart meters which require no meter readers and constantly transmitting. It may have an RF component, as it is being read from a distance.
14. Robin Davis says:

    December 3, 2011 at 5:52 am

    I have been reading posts about the smart meter and the affects on others. I too am experiencing ringing in my ears, headaches, fatigue and my husband gets unexplained headaches. The smart meter is mounted on the wall outside our family room and we sit in the room watching tv and me on the internet less than 12 feet from it on a nightly basis.
    Tonight (Dec 2) the ringing in my ears got so bad I called SDGE about 6 p.m. and complained. The girls answering the phones sounded like they were reading scripts prepared for these calls. I was hysterical as the ringing increased. Finally through the tears and threatening to take a baseball bat to the meter and taking it off my home, SDGE had a representative call me and they changed out my meter with another newer smart meter. The ringing is still there but it got a bit quieter.

    I couldn’t sit in my own home without being uncomfortable. While talking to SDGE on the phone I had to flee my own home. I went to my husbands work in tears. The further I got from the house the quieter it got. We went back to the home and a technician met us there to install a new meter.

    I want the meter off my home. After reading other posts, I am certain that this is what it is. I can’t sit at my computer for extended lengths of time anymore without the ringing.

    Does anyone know a law in California that says we have to have them? One of the ladies on the phone (I went through two and had to hang up on one and call back because she was so scripted it was like talking to a machine.) says it was California law that we had to have these smart meters.

    I am ready to get a generator and get off the meter. If anyone would like to contact me and compare notes you can email me at rdavis5 at cox dot net and I’ll give you my private email and we can exchange information. I am ready to become a local advocate for the removal of these meters.

    Robin
    p.s. The ringing is there right now but not screaming at me. I am taking Lipo-Flavanoid (just 24 hours now) that my doctor recommended and purchased it at Walmart. It seems to work when I’m not at home but even that doesn’t help the ringing when at home.
15. Kay says:

    December 8, 2011 at 4:31 pm

    Does anyone have suggestions to help us counteract these side effects until the smart meters can be removed? We are experiencing interrupted sleep, headaches, nausea, and fatigue since our smart meter was installed Sept 2011. At night, we take a product called Quietude (from the health food store) to help us sleep; we take two tablets before bed. Also, we wear wristbands called Energy Factor Ionic Lifestyle. We have no affiliation with these companies selling these products, but we wanted to share what we’re doing in case it can help others. Our toddler woke up every single night since the installation, so he now wears a wristband too. We have written & spoken out to everyone: Governor Brown, the Mayor & City Council, the homeowner’s association, Channel 4 news, the EPA, SCE, the CPUC, and the President. SCE has a delay list now, but it was not enacted until AFTER the installation of our meter, and they will not let us have our analog back and thereby join this delay list. SCE suggested that we move out of our house if we feel unsafe. SCE also came to our townhouse to test the smart meters–we have a bank of ten–and they arrived with a useless MF detector, not an RF detector. Concurrently, we had independent testing done with a friend’s RF detector, and the readings were off the charts. We need a class-action lawsuit if there is an attorney out there willing to help…
16. admin says:

    December 8, 2011 at 4:36 pm

    See this post for more information:http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?p=6562
17. Kay says:

    December 8, 2011 at 6:13 pm

    I wish it were as easy as replacing our single meter (per the link you provided), but unfortunately there is a bank of ten meters on our house. This is why the current opt-out solutions being proposed will not help us–they are geared only towards those with single meters. The opt-out solution needs to accommodate those who have banks of meters on or near their residence.
18. admin says:

    December 8, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    I will reassert your point in the comment on the opt out. Banks should be removed.
19. heath hampton says:

    December 10, 2011 at 11:21 am

    i have just encountered and learned about all this, having had a gas smart meter installed two days ago and immediately experiencing ringing in the ears, slight nausea, and discomfort (my head feels weird and hot, with a “buzzing” feeling) – all of these symptoms I recognize as the similar to how I feel if I put a cell phone near my head. (I avoid this by using speakerphone and holding it away from my face.)

    My meter is a gas meter with dials, but apparently, according to Entergy La, it transmits once a month. So that sounds like something not too bad. But why the constant symptoms every time I go in my bedroom? (Meter is below and to the right of my second floor bedroom, and faces a metal shed wall.)

    I just ordered this, and hope it helps!
    http://www.earthcalm.com/products/scalar-home-protection-system/

    Also, I found this helpful info:
    http://www.eiwellspring.org/smartmeter/Smart_Meter_overview.htm

    Good luck everyone! HH
20. Kay says:

    December 13, 2011 at 4:34 pm

    Thank you for the link to the emf gadget that can be used in our homes. Will you update us if it helps you–on any level? Also, thank you for the link to the detailed smart meter info. It was quite helpful.
21. david says:

    December 23, 2011 at 1:49 am

    hi my names dave i work for a compony that is contracted with DTE ive installed alot of the smart meters and have never felt sick nor have the ppl i work with and the way we install them is we knock on the door and let you know why we are there what we are doing and if you say NO THANKS we say o thank you have a good day now after you turn down the meter the main compony comes out and installs in but once again ive NEVER FELT SICK AROUND SMART METERS I LIVE THEM
22. Jeremy Hawes says:

    December 27, 2011 at 6:58 pm

    I’m 30 and about 4 -5 days after they installed the smart meter (I rejected twice, but they snuck in my yard and did it anyway) I have increasing ringing in the ears and I am losing sensitivity in my hands and one of the my legs.

    No head aches, though higher temperature fluctuations and problems sleeping at times.

    Good gosh I hope this ends – I’ve even looked into other areas to temporarily move, but I’m not sure where doesn’t have it.
23. Monika Krause says:

    January 2, 2012 at 6:00 pm

    I don’t have a smart meter yet but will be forced by BCHydro to get one in February 2012. I am terrified. Two years ago I got wireless internet in my house for the ipods, etc. I just loved all those wireless toys. After about 2 months I started having major health problems. First came the insomnia and I felt my whole body was vibrating in pulses. Then my feet hurt so bad I had trouble walking. The doctor’s couldn’t see anything wrong on the x-rays, so recommended to fuse the bones in my left foot. The I got zigzag lightening flashes in my eyes that came every other day. The doctor said they were migraine auras without the headache. I never have had a migraine headache or aura before in my 57 years and no headaches without a cause (like a hangover). The worst was not being able to sleep and being exhausted. One night at 3am I was at my wit’s end not having slept in 48 hours. No matter where I tried to sleep, my body felt pulsing vibrations. So I decided to unplug everything in my house. When I unplugged the wireless router the pulsing instantly stopped. This total calm was like a miracle and I found the problem…the wireless radiation. I replaced the wireless router with a regular router and installed shielded cables and plugged everything in. It took 2 months to recuperate and feel better. It’s been a year and now I sleep like a log again, I cancelled the foot surgery, and no more migraine auras, none. I’m terrified now to have any wireless in or on my house. I don’t want to be that sick ever again. I don’t need tests, I know firsthand what made me sick since I was the Guinea pig. I pity the EMF sensitive babies and children in wireless homes. It was difficult for me to figure out what was going on, I thought I was going crazy from lack of sleep. I really didn’t want the wireless to be the problem, but it was. Disappointing (I’m a Trekky), but I want to live and be healthy.
    So soon my home will be infiltrated by wireless radiation from smart meters. Then what? Do I wallpaper my home with aluminum foil to reflect the radiation …to my neighbours? Will EMF sensitivity be defined as a disability as it is in Sweden? Will wireless health damage reduce the number of capable and healthy workers in the western world? Will countries without wireless saturation have healthy populations when the wireless nation’s manpower resources are dwindling?
    The future looks interesting, bright for some nations, not so bright for others. Where do we fit in?
24. Marilynn says:

    January 3, 2012 at 11:08 pm

    I’d like to suggest that everyone posting here give their general location. I am near Willits, Mendocino County, California. The Smart[sic]Meters have been installed in my semi-rural neighborhood, but we don’t have one because I posted a very strongly worded warning about violating federal and state trespassing and surveillance laws AND wrapped the analog meter with a bicycle cable and lock. They would have to destroy my property to replace the meter.

    I DID NOT put my name on a delay list, because that just gives them permission to install the infernal thing AFTER everybody who is not on the delay list has theirs. I will NEVER consent to a Smart[sic]Meter and furthermore I will NOT pay them a damn cent for the “privilege” of keeping my original, functioning analog meter.

    Re: health issues. Obviously there is nothing I can directly attribute to digital wireless meters because the nearest operational meter is some distance from my house. However, I have reason to believe that such a device in close proximity would trigger a reaction in me, as I have had the weird pulsing through my body (described by several people here) at times over the last few years, sometimes to the point of feeling like my head was going to implode. Was I in the path of an EMF transmitter of some kind? I have no way of telling, but since more than 60 of my 67 years was free of such a phenomenon, I can only attribute it to radiation of some sort. (I don’t use a cell phone and my internet connection is not wireless.)

    I do know people whose entire family started having headaches, insomnia, etc., after a Smart[sic]Meter was installed. Another thing I’ve noticed is the explosion of shingles (herpes zoster) cases over the last few years. Immuno-deficiency diseases are on the rise as well. Triggered by EMF radiation? Until we know for sure, the only wise course is to shelve these confounded devices until disinterested (read: not-for-profit) third party agencies can certify them as safe for all, especially babies and those in frail health.
25. Christine says:

    January 4, 2012 at 8:33 pm

    If a homeowner is sensitive to RF waves and has opted out of the smart meter installation, could they file suit against another neighbor for having a smart meter who didn’t opt out? I was asked this while handing out fliers about smart meter awareness in Naperville IL.
26. admin says:

    January 5, 2012 at 12:10 pm

    I know of one case in the US where a neighbor sued a neighbor for Wi-Fi- but I am not sure where the case stands.
27. esdsix says:

    January 5, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    I think a lawsuit needs to be filed, maybe a class-action. Reason being…There’s a smart meter located just below my kitchen window..I had no idea it was there, til recently. But, what I have noticed is anxiety, pain in my neck, and headaches. This usually happens while I’m at home. I just couldn’t figure out what it was. I feel this smart meter thats been installed is taking a toll on my health. I am obviously sensitive to these EMF frequencies it emits.. I want it removed, it’s not healthy. And its obvious these power companies are covering it up with excuses. Not only that, considering its a wireless device, it’s a security risk to personal usage information. The data they are collecting is unnecessary and of risk to our health and security. These smart meter devices need to be recalled with no further use against the public. It’s way out of hand.
    These companies have shown nothing that proves the safety of anything. I’ve even seen dead bee’s near the device, on the ground.