b'D epending upon which Stateof smart meters include the following and county you live in andhealth impacts: cancer, headaches, sleep which utility company youdisturbances,Parkinsons,migraines, have, you may or may notnausea, vomiting, muscle spasms, heart be familiar with smart meters. And be- palpitations, dizziness, memory prob-cause of the ten-year-long public back- lems,cognitivedisturbances,flu-like lashfromthosewhohaveinvestigat- symptoms, worsening of existing health edtheconsequencesofsmartmeters,conditions,abruptdepression,repro-the name Smart Meter is frequentlyductive eff ects and a variety of eff ects on veiled with a diff erent title such as Me- other organ systems, agitation, hearing terEnhancement,MeterRefresh,problems, and malfunctioning of medi-or Meter Upgrade. Installation is oc- cal equipment, such as pacemakers and curring across the United States as thewireless insulin pumps. transition is being made from analogueDepending upon where you live, you meters to these digital, microwave, andshould have the choice of opting out radiation-producingmeters.Thisisand keeping your analogue meter but part of the smart-grid eff ort represent- not without paying an extra monthly ed by HR 2685, aka The Smart Gridfee,typically$50amonth(paying Advancement Act of 2013. (See moreextra fees to avoid harm is extortion). in the video links below.) In some areas, people cannot get these In contrast to the traditional analoguemeters removed and others have seenat least 1 in 20 people suffer debilitat-meters, smart meters are digital, wirelesstheminstalleddespitenotifi cationtoing effects from exposure to RF radi-devices that emit intense, pulsed burstscompany representatives that they wereation. According to Daniel Hirsch, a of non-ionizing RF microwave radiationnot wanted. And once these meters areSeniorEnvironmentalandNuclear at much higher levels than cellphones.installed, the utility company remotelyPolicyLecturerattheUniversityof Unlikecellphones,theyarerunningcontrols all of your utilities (electricity,California at Santa Cruz, smart me-every second, continuously. gas, water) in the new Smart Gridters can expose the body to 160 to 800 (refer to video link below, What Is thetimesasmuchmicrowaveradiation Negative Health ImpactsSmart Grid?). as mobile phones (link below). They can emit pulses of radiation in excess of 190,000 times every day, 24 hours a Over 5,000 studies have found that non- day. An Engineers Report to the Su-ionizing microwave radiation/RF-EMF ispreme Court of Pennsylvania stated: There is no doubt that smart and dig-harmful to humans, animals, and plants. ital meters create pulsed RF emissions. These emissions from the smart meter antennas, and the RF created by the Emit Far More Radiationsmart meters, enter the houses electri-Over 5,000 studies have found thatcal system. The result is that the entire non-ionizing microwave radiation/RF- Than Cellphoneshouse is transformed into a radiating EMF (Radio Frequency/ElectromagneticUtilitycompaniestypicallytellusRF antenna.Field) is harmful to humans, animals,that smart meters emit less radiation and plants. Tree deaths, plant die-off s,than cellphones and microwave ovens.Incendiary Devices and bee colony collapse disorders haveIn fact, smart meters emit far more ra- Smart meters are incendiary devices regularlybeenreportedshortlyafterdiation than cellphones and microwavewith no ground and surge protection the installation of smart meters. Theovensthese meters emit a pulsed, radiothat would provide safety against fi res. WorldHealthOrganization(WHO),microwave frequency radiation. And,This is a high-risk liability due to design incidentally, has rated these meters asyet, we also have a choice of whether weomissions. Because of their design, these IARC Class 2B carcinogens (the samewant cellphones or microwave ovens inmeters can easily overheat, resulting in rating given to DDT, lead, chloroform,our homes and, when they are, we canmeter fi res, hot sockets, damaged inter-and methylmercury). Lives are being de- control their usage. We cannot controlnal wiring, and arcing/sparking when in stroyed by smart meters. In one videosmart meters. use without the customers knowledge. linked below, testimonials from victimsOne European survey revealed thatYet, customers are penalized and some-H EALTHF REEDOMN EWS /F ALL2023 27'