Smart Meter Detractors Question Health Risks Part 1

Consumers Worried About Smart Meters' Health Risks www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org In the moments before an independent consulting firm was set to present its findings on the accuracy of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. smart meters, presenters lined up at a microphone to voice their 3-minutes-or-fewer opinions to the California Public Utilities Commission about the conflict-arousing devices. But rather than rail against the reportedly higher electricity bills that had prompted the CPUC to commission the report, presenter after presenter talked instead about health risks. In PG&E's case, smart meters use 1-watt radios to transmit energy data over wireless networks. Those radios emit low levels of radio waves and some studies have linked radio waves, like those that transmit cell phone communications, with illnesses including cancer while some studies have not found a connection between low levels of radio waves and illnesses. To be clear, the long term health effects of waves from smart meters specifically have not been studied, as far as I know. At the CPUC meeting however, several women approached the microphone to say that they had suffered serious symptoms and illnesses including ringing in the ears, nausea, fatigue, and worse after their smart meters were installed. One woman said she would soon be forced to move from her home since, even though she had her electricity turned off, her neighbors' smart meters were making her sick. Another woman said her ...
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