- 'Smart Meters'...
The New Silent Killer - Pt 1
By Devvy
9-2-11
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 "The electromagnetic field is the
perfect secret agent: you cannot see it, you cannot smell it, you cannot
hear it, and its effects are slow but relentless." -By Volter Hertenstein,
MP Bavarian Parliament
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- I ask NWVs to post this column on a Friday because it
does require many hours of reading to fully understand the issue. By necessity,
this new column is two parts as I'm trying, as I did in my first column,
to put as much credible information all together in one place to make it
easier for everyone fighting this new silent killer. We're all pressed
for time. Thank you to everyone who sent in reference material in our efforts
to share the truth and what we can do to stop this madness.
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- There is a major war being waged in this country, although
you'd never know it by the silence from the old, disgraced media (ABC,
CBS, NBC) and all the cable "news" networks. This new assault
on our bodies and privacy is over another relatively new piece of technology
that allegedly will save energy; it will also cost tens of thousands of
jobs for meter readers. When I say millions of Americans are up in arms
over this, I am not exaggerating.
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- If you are unfamiliar with this issue, please read my
first column first on this to get a full understanding of how dangerous
those 'smart meters' are and why you don't want one on your home or business.
It contains not only my battle against having one installed on my house
(update in Part II), but the very best expert opinions from individuals
who have studied wireless RF (radio frequency) for decades:
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- My fight against the 'smart meter'
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- Since that column was published, my email box has been
overflowing with questions, which I will address as best I can in this
column. Hundreds of emails describe how people's health has suffered serious
deleterious effects after the meters were installed - before the individual
even knew about possible dangers to their health. When I say utility companies
are forcing this installation of those meters, I am not exaggerating. I
know of one instance here in Texas where a utility company installation
man forced his way onto the person's property and physically pushed the
lady of the house mulitple times (in other words, he assaulted her) in
his attempt to install the meter after she told him she did not want the
meter installed and to get off her property. I have spoken with her on
the phone, but due to legal reasons, cannot be more specific right now.
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- Wisconsin Utilities Bullying Customers Over Smart Meters
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- "The nationwide roll-out of transmitting radio frequency
utility meters, known as smart meters, has intensified since the federal
push and funding for them came through the Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009. Wisconsin utilities got $21.5 million of the $3.4 billion awarded
for smart grid projects, including meter installation. But people who are
sensitive to the effects of microwave radiation and electrical fields cannot
tolerate the new source of emissions. And some Wisconsin utility companies
have been bullying their paying customers who have resisted the installation
of smart meters, or requested their removal for health reasons.
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- "In fact, the chronic bursts or pulsing of smart
meters have not been proven to be biologically safe for anyone. Current
federal standards are grossly out of date, not taking into account the
growing levels of microwave radiation exposure people now get 24/7 from
various sources. Furthermore, FDA/FCC standards are based solely on the
heating effect of microwave radiation on a large, grown man, ignoring numerous
studies that point to other effects, including irregular heartbeats, melatonin
depletion, which affects sleep, and abnormal mast cell proliferation, which
affects the immune system and inflammation levels."
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- Here are just two examples from California:
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- Santa Cruz County Sheriff Wowak Enabling Illegal "Smart"
Meter Installations
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- "Despite Public Outcry, Sheriff Refuses to Enforce
County Law Banning Wireless Network - Santa Cruz, CA- "This morning
at approximately 7:45am, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Deputies responded
to a "smart" meter protest at the Wellington Energy yard at 38th
and Portola in the unincorporated Opal Cliffs area of Santa Cruz County
where PG&E contractors Wellington Energy are based. Wellington has
been installing wireless "smart" meters throughout the county,
violating ordinances in Capitola, Watsonville, and the County[1] that prohibit
installations due to urgent concerns about health impacts from the meters'
wireless pulses, which have been measured at 100 times the strength of
a cell phone[2], as well as privacy violations, ongoing accuracy issues
and a series of fires and explosions caused by the new meters.
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- "Thousands of people have submitted written health
complaints to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and in
May the World Health Organization made an earth shattering declaration-
that non-ionizing radiation from cell phones, cell towers, wifi, and "smart"
meters, has been linked with a number of cancers. "Smart" meter
radiation is now categorized as a class 2b carcinogen in the same cancer
causing category as lead, DDT, and engine exhaust.[3] Nevertheless, PG&E
continues to maintain that their meters are safe."
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- Two More Arrested at Santa Cruz County Smart Meter Protest - PG&E Covering Logo on Trucks to Sneak into Backyards
as Illegal Installations Begin
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- Santa Cruz County, Calif.- "Two people were arrested
Friday afternoon by Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Dept. for peacefully blocking
smart meter installation trucks as they attempted to drive out of a yard
in the Pleasure Point neighborhood of Santa Cruz County. PG&E has stated
that they do not intend to respect laws in Santa Cruz County, Capitola,
and Watsonville that prohibit wireless meter installation- laws that were
passed to protect the public from identified health and safety risks from
the new meters. The two protesters who are affiliated with StopSmartMeters!
were charged with misdemeanor obstruction, and released with court date
in August."
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- Why are utility companies pushing so hard to install
one of those dangerous meters on every house, apartment, retail and commercial
building in this country? Because of something called the $2 trillion dollar
'Smart grid' and BIG money. Advocates for the 'smart meters' (especially
those who stand to make billions of dollars destroying your body) claim
they save energy. One State Attorney General doesn't see it that way:
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- State of Connecticut - Office of the Attorney General
George Jepsen
- Jepsen Urges State Regulators to Reject CL & Ps Plan
to Replace Electric Meters
- February 8, 2011
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- "To evaluate the technical capabilities and reliability
of the advanced metering system, state regulators previously approved a
limited study of 10,000 meters. Between June 1 and Aug. 31, 2009, CL&P
tested the meters on 1,251 residential and 1,186 small commercial and industrial
customers, who volunteered and were paid for their participation in the
study. The company reported its results to the DPUC on Feb. 25, 2010. "The
pilot results showed no beneficial impact on total energy usage,"
Jepsen said."
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- In addition to to the serious health risks from 'smart
meters', the other major issue people have is privacy.
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- Spring 2011 - Industry Week - Leadership in Manufacturing
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- "The demand portion includes how to control
energy inside the consumer space: smart meters on buildings, smart
thermostats and smart appliances, to name a few." How to control your
energy use in your own home. "In the initial stages of smart-grid
development, companies, governments and consumers have focused on changing
attitudes on the demand side, Geschickter says." Conditioning by those
who will control how much power is "allowed" into your home,
apartment, business. 'Smart meters' are nothing but surveillance without
a warrant.
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- Billions of Taxpayer $$$ Wasted on Risky Technology
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- "This is federal coercion on a grand scale. President
Obama is pushing to expose most U.S. citizens to constant radiofrequency/lectromagnetic
radiation (RF/EMR) everywhere. Wireless broadband sends RF/EMR throughout
an area rather than directly through a shielded wire or cable to the electronic
device being used. Constantly exposing everyone inside and outside of their
homes and workplaces in over 98% of the U.S. to unprecedented levels and
frequencies of RF/EMR with wireless signals is a dangerous, unsanctioned,
mass experiment done without consent that must not occur. This initiative
risks our finances, our health, privacy, cyber security, the ability of
people with medical device implants to function and more.
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- "If this radiation were a drug, increasing the dose
and type would not be allowed without thorough evaluation of safety because
like drugs, it can cause changes in the biology of the body. This radiation
promotes degenerative diseases and premature aging even at levels of RF/EMR
below FCC limits. Numerous other risks to human health from radiofrequency/microwave
(RF/MW) radiation exposure, particularly to children and persons with disabilities,
at levels below the current FCC limits are summarized in the review articles
published in the March 2009 issue of Pathophysiology that are based on
The BioInitiative Report: A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure
Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF) (The BioInitiative Report).
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- "Many people who have developed a hypersensitivity
to this form of radiation and struggle to shield themselves from increasing
levels of this energy throughout the United States wonder where they can
go to escape from the widespread wireless radiation of this proposal.
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- Smart meters send and receive wireless RF/MW signals
throughout homes and businesses. These smart meter RF/MW levels are far
higher than those already reported to cause health risks. Compliance is
not safety, since the existing FCC safety limits are under challenge, and
have already been called 'insufficient to protect public health' by some
federal agencies.
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- "Medical Device Malfunction Risk from Electromagnetic
Interference. Wireless broadband RF/MW radiation can cause medical devices
to malfunction. Medical implants such as those to control the shaking of
Parkinson's disease are turned off by the electromagnetic interference(EMI)
caused by the signal. Spurious RF signals are already reported in published
studies to interfere with critical care equipment, ventilators, pain pumps,
wireless insulin pumps and other medical devices."
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- Dirty Electricity - "Dirty Electricity tells the story of Dr. Samuel
Milham, the scientist who first alerted the world about the frightening
link between occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic
pollution, and human disease. Milham takes readers through his early years
and education, following the twisting path that led to his discovery that
most of the twentieth century diseases of civilization, including cancer,
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and suicide, are caused by electromagnetic
field exposure." Very important.
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- Health Concerns Grow:
- Consumers Are Getting Sick From Wireless Smart Meters
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- Last year, one state says no to 'Smart Grid' --- for
now
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- Smart grid technology rollout stalls in Hawaii
- Hawaii regulators scuttle plan for expanded rollout of
smart grid technology
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- HONOLULU (AP) -- "Hawaii regulators have rejected
plans for a broad expansion of smart grid electric technology that would
have been paid for by residents and businesses. Hawaiian Electric Co.,
the state's primary utility, had envisioned a $115 million smart grid project
reaching 451,000 locations on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island. But the utility's
proposal fell apart when the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission on Monday
denied a request for expanded testing of the technology on Oahu. The "smart
grid" concept relies on installing new electric meters that can wirelessly
communicate with the utility, allowing it to better distribute power and
handle additional renewable energy."
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- Maryland
PSC Denies BGE's Stimulus-Funded Smart Meter Request - June 23, 2010
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- "The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) on
Monday issued an order denying Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.'s (BGE's)
application to deploy smart meters to all its customers because ratepayers
would be saddled with financial and technological risks. The move "deeply
disappointed, frustrated, and frankly surprised" the utility, because
the smart grid project had received a $200 million federal stimulus grant
from the Department of Energy last October-the largest amount awarded to
a utility."
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- Some progress has been made regarding protecting your
privacy (you have to read my first column to get the facts on the mining
of data from your home and selling it).
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- PG&E
Smart Meter Invasion of Privacy - short video you should watch
- Same threats I have received from Reliant Energy &
ONCOR
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- Propaganda piece: Oncor
Brings Smart Grid to 3 Million Texans, Privacy Intact
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- Oklahoma State House Passes Smart Grid Privacy Bill
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- Texas - Smart Meter Data Belongs to the Customer - March
17, 2011
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- "In Texas, lawmakers actually did something good
related to the smart meter debacle they included in the law that the
data about your electricity usage belongs to you, the customer."
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- Can the data still be harvested from third parties tapping
into the wireless transmission? I am told yes and it is happening.
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- After the cow is out of the barn:
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- California Decides on Data Access and Privacy Standards for Smart
Meter Data
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- "Many young companies have sprung up based on being
able to access consumers' Smart Meter data and package it in some meaningful
form."
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- Smart Meters and Security: Locking Up the Grid
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- "Public utility companies are really hot right now
for smart grids -- electrical grids that use Internet technology and special
meters to make energy delivery more efficient. However, they're getting
static from both lawmakers and security researchers who say they're dragging
their feet in making sure their systems are secure.
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- "Despite reports earlier this year about spies penetrating
the computers that help control America's electrical grid, utility companies
appear to be slow in clamping down on security, and that perception has
led to a tongue-lashing from a House of Representatives committee.
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- "U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D, N.Y.) as accused the
utilities of exploiting a loophole that allows them to avoid complying
with Federal cybersecurity requirements. Also, a security researcher's
revelations of flaws in the smart meters utilities are installing throughout
the country added fuel to the fire."
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- That report was back in August 2009 and California has
just now gotten around to issuing guidelines regarding data mining? Lovely.
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- As I mentioned in my first column, several individuals
got together, pooled their money and hired an energy attorney to represent
them at a hearing in front of the Maine PUC (Public Utility Commission).
They won; here is the press release:
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- Skelton, Taintor & Abbott Wins Landmark Smart Meter Case
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- Additional Research Resources
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- More
key publications on the dangers of wireless RFs - including cell phones
from the International EMF Alliance
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- MR AND RFR updated news from around the world August 2010 to March 2011
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- DNA Damage and Genotoxicity
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- March 30, 2011 New
Studies by Prof. Yuri Grigoriev et al, Biophysics, 2011,
- Chairman of the Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing
- Radiation Protection, Moscow (Russian Federation)
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- Smart
Meters, Dirty Electricity and Disease - short
video you should watch
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- A New Electromagnetic Exposure Metric: High Frequency Voltage
Transients
- Associated with Increased Cancer Incidence in a California
School
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- BioInitiative Report
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- A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure
Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)
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- Wireless Safety Summit to be held in Washington, DC,
Oct. 5 & 6, 2011
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here for full details on the summit and more
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- Additional information
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- 1 - Smart
Grid: How Secure Will You Be?
- 2 - The
General Government's big propaganda site
- Unconstitutionally stealing the fruits of your labor:
- 3 - LADWP
Received $60 million for Smart Grid Project
- 4 - Smart
Meter Consumers Anger Grows Over Higher Utility Bills
- 5 - The
Smart Grid/Smart Meter Scam
- 6 - Smart
meters: California PUC issues sweeping data access orders
- (170 pages) - forget your health concerns
- 7 - PUC
Admits SmartMeter Health Crisis; Opt-Out Plan Falls Short
- 8 - The
Netherlands - Smart energy meter will not be compulsory
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