Microwave sickness is becoming more common as wireless radiation exposure increases in our environment. FCC safety guidelines are inadequate & do not protect public health. They do not consider long-term exposure to pulsed modulated non-ionizing wireless radiation at non-thermal levels. Cumulative daily radiation exposure is associated with serious health effects. This I know.
She is 100% correct regarding health effects from smart meters and other transmitting public utility meters. Transmitting natural gas meters nearly killed me, and I was really healthy before they were installed.
Some argue that the "dosage" of RFR is insignificant coming from transmitting and smart meters compared to a cell phone. Though with a cell phone, the exposure to high level pulses is not 24/7. Most people don't talk on their phone 24/7. They take a break to sleep. With transmitting and smart meters, there is no "break".
Follow the money. Data is the new oil (very lucrative), and digital/transmitting/smart meters collect data, which can then be sold to the highest bidder.
Utility companies won't tell you that. They will (sometimes) assure you they are not selling your data. But we can no longer trust utility companies, especially monopoly utility companies. They can be the most nefarious of all. And the agencies that are supposed to regulate them are often as corrupt as the utility companies they are supposed to regulate.
And it's presumptive to say that some "homeowners have switched to smart meters with no problems at all" because cancers can take 10 to 20 years to develop.
The Angel of Grief - sculpture by William Wetmore Store 1894
Tonight's comment to the City of Battle Creek City Commission:
In 2013 I had to stop putting a cell phone to my ear because of pain I felt when I did. The pain went away, but returned in 2015. I was still not putting a cell phone to my ear, so it confused me as to why the pain returned.
In November of 2014 our gas company, SEMCO Energy, installed two new gas meters where I live. Both installers assured us these new meters were NOT "smart" meters, and they only transmitted once per month for meter readings. Given that information, we allowed the installations.
When the pain returned to my "phone" ear without cell phone use, it didn't immediately occur to me that the gas company had not told us the whole truth. Then, I started researching new gas meters, which lead me to calling the company.
Dave Williams, SEMCO's Regional Operation Manager, told me via email that the new meters transmit 1.5 minutes per day in 5.86 millisecond bursts. When you do the math, that figures out to over 600 bursts per hour, and over 10 bursts per minute, of microwave radiation, the same frequency cell phones operate on. No wonder my cell phone ear started to hurt again.
We requested SEMCO remove the microwave radiation transmitting meters and replace them with non-transmitting analog meters. They could remove the new meters, but shut off our gas service.
I contacted the Michigan Public Service Commission, but they were of no help. So I contacted the Better Business Bureau, but they were of no help. So I contacted the Attorney General's office, but they were of no help.
That is why I am asking the City of Battle Creek to join a growing number of Michigan communities that support House Bill 4916, Utility Meter Choice Legislation, that will allow public utility customers to keep analog meters without having to pay extortion fees.
If you've listened to the 100's of testimonies from Michigan residents about adverse health effects experienced after smart meter installation, you would realize the gravity of this situation.
Or, do the roots of corporatocracy extend all the way down into Battle Creek local government?
Thank you for listening. May all beings be blessed!
Following are my comments given during the Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Battle Creek, Michigan, City Commission meeting...
Consent Agenda Comment
During Commission Comments, Perry Hart (the Director of Public Works in Battle Creek) was asked about House Bill 4916 and he gave some incorrect information. I'd like to correct that. The House Bill doesn't just address Consumer's Energy (electricity provider in Battle Creek), the Bill addresses all of Michigan (public) utility companies who are utilizing wireless technology (in their meters). (House Bill 4916) is a bipartisan supported Bill, with 13% of Michigan State Representatives supporting it. Four Democrats and 10 Republicans are co-sponsors on this Bill. So I just wanted to clarify that it addresses all wireless utility meters, not just Consumers Energy. It would be Consumers Energy, SEMCO Energy (our natural gas provider), Battle Creek Water Department, you name it. Also, Mr. Hart referred to FCC requirements as the, quote-unquote, "safety net" they are installing smart meters under. It must be noted that the FCC is not a health regulation agency and it must also be noted that the FCC's allowable levels of radio frequency radiation are among the highest in the world. The United States is among the highest in the world. And then, I spoke to Rene' Stoia, Deputy City Clerk in Marysville (Michigan), and she said that their Resolution addressed their electric company, DTE, because that's who the citizens were concerned about. She also said that they sent their Resolution for a no-fee, analog (utility meter) opt-out choice for all their residents, to Michigan State Legislators, and that, (quote), "Hopefully they will do something about this." One more thing: City Manager said during this discussion (about Marysville), quote, "Very different composition demographics and the provision of utility service than the City of Battle Creek, they don't have a provision of utility services," or something like that. I didn't quite understand what that meant. So if you can explain that? (I've been told that city officials do not have to answer any questions from the public, and so far, City Manager Rebecca Fleury hasn't clarified that statement for me.) I do want to thank both Commissioner Faris and Flores for supporting a little more detail in the minutes regarding Public Comments. Thank you.
Adoption of Ordinance Comment
I would really appreciate it if you did not pass this Ordinance. I referred to it last week as the "censorship ordinance." No matter how you cut it, when you do the numbers, it's a 27% reduction in the opportunity for the public to comment at City Commission meetings. And like others have said, if you welcome public comment, you're not showing it in your deeds by passing this ordinance, because a 27% reduction in the comment time is not welcoming. It's welcoming 27% less comments. So I would appreciate it if you did not pass this ordinance as it is.
The way (the proposed Ordinance) was worded, and I don't have it with me, but it was worded such that, "we do not anticipate that this will infringe upon public participation." Something like that.
And my argument is, unless you're psychic, and can see the future, and know who's going to say what, when; you can not anticipate who is going to participate. Did you anticipate that I was going to come here and talk about smart meters six, seven, however many months ago? I don't think so. You probably wish I didn't!
A 27% reduction in the opportunity for the public to make a comment is a form of censorship.
General Public Comment
This is regarding health
effects from the City of Battle Creek Water Department's wireless smart meters,
as well as the smart meters from other (public) utility providers in Battle Creek: Consumers Energy and SEMCO Energy...
The number of signatories
continues to grow, and currently there are two-hundred and twenty scientists
(medical doctors, public health physicians, PhD's, university professors,
engineers, and other scientific professionals), who have put their name, their
credentials, their reputation on the line by signing this Appeal to the World
Health Organization, the United Nations, and the United Nations Member
States. You can view this Appeal online
at EMFScientist.org. I would like to
quote a little of it here:
"We are scientists
engaged in the study of biological and health effects of non-ionizing
electromagnetic fields (EMF). Based upon
peer-reviewed, published research, we have serious concerns regarding the
ubiquitous and increasing exposure to EMF generated by electric and wireless
devices. These include - but are not
limited to - radiofrequency radiation (RFR) emitting devices, such as cellular
and cordless phones and their base stations, Wi-Fi, broadcast antennas, smart meters,
and baby monitors..."
"Numerous recent
scientific publications have shown that EMF affects living organisms at levels
well below most international and national guidelines. Effects include increased cancer risk,
cellular stress, increase in harmful free radicals, genetic damages, structural
and functional changes of the reproductive system, learning and memory
deficits, neurological disorders, and negative impacts on general well-being in
humans. Damage goes well beyond the
human race, as there is growing evidence of harmful effects to both plant and
animal life."
This
Oxford Journal analysis confirms what these EMF scientists are saying about health effects.
Thank you for listening. May you all truly be blessed!
Some after thoughts...
DTE, the electric company that Marysville's Resolution covers, has a history of shutting-off power to some customers who refuse smart meters. The Resolution Marysville passed was a very smart move, to nip that shutting-off-power sh*t in the bud.
"Sudden aging" is how some have described the myriad of symptoms that can occur when one experiences sensitivity to the vast array of man-made electromagnetic fields permeating our modern world. And feeling like I had suddenly aged tremendously definitely describes my experience, shortly after new utility meters were installed where I live. I had deep, dark circles and huge bags under my eyes. A friend whom I hadn't seen in a while asked me what had happened to my eyes, and said she had never seen me look so bad. She was being honest and sincere and I knew she was deeply concerned about me. I don't think I had ever seen myself look that "bad" either. But a month of severe insomnia, waking up every few hours with heart palpitations, and feeling like I was being electrocuted throughout the night, is probably why I looked that way!
Our bodies rest, heal, and repair when we sleep. When our sleep is chronically disrupted, as can happen after a new (wireless/smart/advanced/electronic/AMR ERT/AMI/radio frequency) utility meter is installed, our bodies are not given the chance to heal, rest and repair, thus aging can become dramatic. Electromagnetic fields, or EMFs, are said to cause "subliminal stress" that puts the body into a fight-or-flight mode, even while sleeping, making restful and healing sleep less attainable.
In our modern world we are constantly being exposed to EMFs; from cell phones, to wireless laptops, WiFi networks, a myriad of wireless appliances and gadgets, and now the new utility meters. Which is why it is so very important we have a "safe" environment at night for healing sleep. However, when smart meters are installed on our homes, they are continuously sending millisecond bursts of radio frequency microwave radiation throughout our environment. Radio frequency radiation, whether from a cell phone, WiFi, new utility meter, or any other wireless device, does not stop at walls, doors, furniture, or flesh. We don't necessarily feel the millisecond pulses of radiation, but our biology does. That is why, for those of us more sensitive to the pulses of radiation, the new utility meters can severely disrupt our normal nighttime rest, healing and repair cycle.
Pulsed radio frequency radiation that the new utility meters emit explained the mystery of the pain returning in my "cell-phone ear," along with sudden and severe insomnia, heart palpitations, feeling like I was being electrocuted, and like I had suddenly developed severe arthritis in just about every joint in my body. I did not have any of these symptoms prior to new utility meters being installed.
Our natural gas company, SEMCO Energy, tells us that their new meters are "not smart meters," but that they do emit micro-pulses of microwave radiation.
Electromagnetic fields don't seem to be something we really want to fool around with. I've talked with representatives at the electric company, the natural gas company, and the water department, and none of them seem to have a thoroughly understanding of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and health risks associated with them. How can those who don't thoroughly understand something, tell you that it's safe?
Dr. Martin Blank, PhD, Dept. of Physiology, Columbia University, and spokesperson for the International Scientist Appeal on Electromagnetic Fields, explains that damage is occurring to DNA at "virtually all levels of exposure."
The following quotes are from an Abstract by J.L. Phillips, Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, N.P. Singh, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, and H. Lai, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA:
"A major concern of the adverse effects of
exposure to non-ionizing electromagnetic field is cancer induction. Since
the majority of cancers are initiated by damage to a cell’s genome, studies
have been carried out to investigate the effects of electromagnetic fields on
DNA and chromosomal structure."
"RFR (radio frequency radiation) exposure does indeed appear to affect DNA damage and repair..."
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is becoming more widely recognized, and the percentage of people who experience it ranges from about 1.5% of the population in Sweden, to as high as 13.3% in Taiwan, with the United States at about 3%. I would say that for about every 10 people I talk to about EHS, usually at least one of the people are either also sensitive to EMFs, or know someone else who is.
I've heard some call EHS a functional or environmental disability, because it's not something that would necessarily be treated by a doctor, though a doctor or health care practitioner versed in radiation poisoning could offer suggestions as far as detoxifying the body and building up the immune system. "Treatment" for EHS seems to primarily involve altering the environment where the person experiencing EHS spends their time, especially their sleep-time.
After the new utility meters were installed, and when I began to question whether or not this life was worth living, I knew I had to do something to reduce the EMFs in my environment. Here's a list of some of the steps taken:
Wrapped new utility meters in lead sheeting (lead blocks radiation)
Removed the grounding/earthing sheet from my bed (because the ground outside where the grounding rod was buried tested unusually high for electricity)
Eliminated the wireless computer mouse and returned to a hard-wired mouse
Turned off the wireless feature on the computer
Turned off the WiFi feature on the modem
Eliminated the iPad from my environment
Keeping the cell phone off most of the time, and pulling the battery out at night and when not in use
Using the landline phone instead of the cell phone
Turning off all the electric breakers at night, except for the furnace
The measures have been successful because I've been sleeping much, much better, thank goodness!
Over 200 scientists have now signed The International Scientist Appeal to the United Nations and the World Health Organization, requesting greater levels of protection for humans and wildlife to electromagnetic fields and wireless technology. Allowable levels in the United States and Canada far exceed allowable levels in other countries, for some reason, and professionals who do understand electromagnetic fields, are calling for the U.N. to strengthen its advisories on EMF risks for humans.
Bottom line is that the new utility meters are not proven safe, and many professionals are now saying they could be extremely harmful. I know that they've been harmful to me. And I know that I'm not the only one.
If you live in Michigan, please call your State Representative right now, and ask them to support the Analog Choice Bill, HB4916, which will give us a choice to keep our 100% mechanical, 100% analog, time-tested for safety, utility meters, without having to pay exorbitant fees to do so. You can find more information about that on my blog here.
If you don't live in Michigan but are concerned about the new utility meters, please speak out! Talk to everyone you know, and some you don't know, about your concerns and why you feel that way. We can make a difference.
Thank you for reading ~ May We All Truly Be Blessed
Electromagnetic Fields Stress Living Cells, Martin Blank, Ph.D., Dept. of Physiology, Columbia University, NY, NY; Reba Goodman, Ph.D., Dept. of Pathology, Columbia University, NY, NY
Electromagnetic Fields and DNA Damage, J.L. Phillips, Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO; N.P. Singh, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and H. Lai, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
A few weeks ago I wondered if I was not the only one showing signs of electromagnetic hypersensitivity. At first it was Ashling, and then Comet...
One evening as I was sitting and reading, Ashling, an Australian Shepherd, fell asleep near my feet, as she often does. In the past I have witnessed her dreaming, as though she was running and barking, with soft movements of her feet and muffled little barks. But it was different this time. The movements of her legs and feet were more frantic and jerky, and the sounds she made seemed more frantic as well.
Over the next few days, I witnessed this happening again, and it occurred to me that either she was being affected by the radiation pulsing from the AMR ERT (automatic read encoder receiver transmitter) gas meters that SEMCO Energy had installed, or she was being sympathetic to my symptoms of electromagnetic hypersensitivity, and reacting to me.
About a week later I started noticing that Comet, also an Aussie, had started developing "hot-spots" in his groin area that he would not stop chewing. That was a first for him. Comet had always been a pretty calm and laid-back Aussie, as far as Aussies go, but now he would not leave those hot-stops alone, and became quite agitated if I tried to look at them or even rub his belly, which was also highly unusual for him. He loves to get his belly rubbed. I did get a few peeks at the hot-spots, and he had chewed himself raw.
Just to make sure, I checked all the dogs for flees, and didn't find anything, not even flea "dirt." There had been no change in diet either, so it appeared that something else was agitating Comet as well. Maybe he was also being affected by the radiation pulsing AMR ERT meters. Or maybe he was just being sympathetic to my symptoms of electromagnetic hypersensitivity also. Either way, it was disturbing to see both of the dogs "normal" behavior change like this.
At the same time, I was also experiencing the worst insomnia of my life. I would wake up about every two hours with my heart pounding. It would take about an hour to get calmed down, then I would return to sleep, only to wake-up again about two hours later. This "routine" was not to my liking, and I knew something had to change. What were my options?
Rent a camping trailer and camp out in the woods somewhere
Or pitch a tent in the woods
Temporarily move in with someone who had not had a radiation pulsing smart meter or AMR ERT meter installed
Remove the gas service (and the AMR ERT meter)
Try additional ways to block the microwave radiation
Attempting to further block the radiation would be the quickest, easiest and least disruptive, so we started with that, and looked into getting some lead sheeting, something used in hospitals and dentist offices to shield radiation. Pricing it out, we found that not only is lead sheeting very expensive, but is very difficult to come by as well. However, within a week or so of getting lead sheeting estimates, a friend told us he had some left-over from a renovation project he had done in a medical facility, and gave the left-over lead sheeting to us!
So we wrapped both AMR ERT radiation pulsing meters as best we could with the lead sheeting, and I slept better that first night than I had in the past thirty nights. Within a week Comet stopped chewing his hot-spots, has been letting me rub his belly, and I can see that the hot-spots have totally healed. Ashling's sleep seems to have pretty much returned to "normal" as well. So whether they were being "sympathetic" to my experience, or were experiencing adverse effects from the new gas meters themselves, after the meters were wrapped in lead, they both seemed to get better.
Then I had about a week of pretty good sleep, however for the last two nights I've been unable to sleep again because of the feeling that my whole body is being electrocuted. So I don't think the lead sheeting is blocking the microwave radiation 100%.
On October 19, we filed a complaint with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC):
SEMCO's new AMR ERT
meters pulse radio frequencies 10.67 times per minute, per Dave Williams, SEMCO
Regional Operation Manager, confirming why increased symptoms of
electromagnetic hypersensitivity are being reported by residents who are
requesting the new meters be removed and replaced with 100% analog meters.
Three different
SEMCO employees/agents mislead us into believing their new meters only
"wake-up" once a month.
Although through further investigation and confirmation by Dave Williams
at SEMCO, that information was incorrect.
I would have never consented to the installation of two AMR ERT meters
had I been told the truth of what they actually do. I feel mislead and deceived by SEMCO. And now they refuse to do anything about it.
SEMCO does not have
an "opt-out" program. Is there
anything we can do other than stopping SEMCO gas service and having the meters
totally removed?
I've read that others have been down this road before with the MPSC, all to no avail. So I am pretty sure we will be removing at least one of the new gas meters, and I am still talking to people about HB4916, the Analog Choice Bill here in Michigan. When passed, everyone will be given the choice to have either a safe analog meter, or the new smart meter or AMR ERT meters. Analog for me, please!
Being electromagnetically hypersensitive in a day of wireless-just-about-everything is indeed a challenge. And I do encounter people who don't believe me. Maybe it's kind of like the first people who were experiencing the symptoms of fibromyalgia: pain, fatigue, and tenderness... their symptoms were often not believed either.
There is plenty of evidence that smart meters, radiation pulsing meters, and other wireless devices DO cause harm. Dr. George Carlo in the following video, did some of the first safety testing on cell phones:
And Daniel Hirsch, radiation expert and lecturer at UCSC, states here that taking whole-body and cumulative effects into account, smart meters emit 50 to 160 times the radiation of a cell phone. So we really are dealing with a serious issue here, believe it or not.
I have faith that it's just a matter of time before electromagnetic hypersensitivity, and the potential dangers of wireless technology, are widely recognized, and we'll be saying something like...
Once again, I spoke about smart meters at the City Commission meeting. Public comments are limited to only three minutes, so I try to pack the most amount of information in, which is why I don't go into much detail, but have posted the links to the studies I mentioned. The video of the meeting is here, and I start speaking at about 74:37. While the buzzer is still buzzing, the Mayor addresses the audience, though I finish my speech before the buzzer ends. Below is a script of what I said:
My comment is regarding the new utility meters the City of Battle Creek Water Department, Consumers Energy, and SEMCO Energy have been installing on our homes, which utilize radio frequencies. The following two studies are from PubMed.gov, a website of biomedical literature:
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity - an increasing challenge to the medical profession: Some people exposed to electromagnetic radiation, including the frequencies utilized by the new water meters, develop Electromagnetic hypersensitivity. While some cannot discriminate between an active radio frequency signal and placebo, others showed observable changes following exposure; reactions in the pupil, changes in heart rhythm, damage to red blood cells, and disturbed glucose metabolism in the brain. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26372109
Self-reporting of symptom development from exposure to radiofrequency fields of wireless smart meters in Victoria, Australia: a case series: Shows the most frequently reported symptoms to be insomnia, headaches, tinnitus, fatigue, cognitive disturbances, abnormal sensations, and dizziness, and pointed to the possibility that smart meters may have unique characteristics that lower people's threshold for symptom development.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25478801
Comments on the Draft Report by the California Council on Science & Technology “Health Impacts of Radio Frequency from Smart Meters,” by Daniel Hirsh, Nuclear Expert & Lecturer, University of California, Santa Cruz: Showing that smart meters produce between 50 & 160 times more cumulative whole body exposure than the cell phone. http://www.committeetobridgethegap.org/pdf/110212_RFrad_comments.pdf
The fact remains that the new radio frequency smart utility meters have not been proven safe, yet evidence they cause harm continues to grow. The fact is that we have not gone one generation using the level of wireless devices we are today, so we humans are the guinea pigs in this very first long-term study, with many of us already suffering the consequences of unproven to be safe technology.
The fact is that the Water Department has been working on an “opt-out” program for over three months now. I can understand how it may be difficult to word an opt-out program for something that many of us were forced into in the first place. But the bottom line is, we just want them removed.
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity, or EHS, is described as a variety of non-specific reactions to electromagnetic frequency exposure.
Currently, people like me, who are having adverse reactions to electromagnetic fields, are being considered the proverbial canaries in the coal mine; an early warning sign that something is amiss. Some of us "canaries" have immediate severe reactions to electromagnetic fields, while for others the effects are more cumulative, getting worse over time. The woman in this video moved into a condo and immediately reacted to a bank of 26 smart meters outside her kitchen wall:
"I never thought utility meters could actually make me sick."
My first "canary" reaction was not quite as dramatic as the woman in the above video. In December 2012/January of 2013 I purchased my first cell phone. After about six months my "phone ear" started burning, then constantly hurting, every time I put the phone to my ear. I did make the correlation, and stopped putting the cell phone to my ear, and the pain went away for about two years. At that time, I did not consider myself as one of the "canaries," and I don't think I even knew what a smart meter was either.
In May of 2014 I went down a healing path for multiple food sensitivities, using mostly organic, mostly local food, following a very traditional diet, (the GAPS diet), to heal myself of over 50 food sensitivities, and then enjoyed pretty radiant health and clear skin for about a year. I describe the beginning of that journey here.
My health started taking a turn for the worse about six months after our gas company (SEMCO Energy) installed two new AMR meters here. They insisted that the new meters were "not smart meters" and that they only transmitted "once a month," when the meter reader drove by.
Either two different installers and the Regional Operations Manager were gravely misinformed, or they all flat-out lied, because upon further questioning, I received different information about the two new AMR meters from David Williams, SEMCO's Regional Operations Manager. I've written about that correspondence here.
The bottom line is,
the new AMR meters pulse non-ionizing wireless microwave radiofrequency radiation
10.67 times per MINUTE.
With an AMR meter, the utility companies make the distinction that the communication is only "one way," and therefore does not fall under the definition of a smart meter. But they still expose us to unnecessary radiation 24/7/365.
This is the list of "symptoms" I am experiencing, or have experienced, and I've tried to list them in their order of occurrence:
Pain in my "phone ear" is becoming more constant
High pitch ringing in ears, back of throat, and brain stem area
Muscle twitches and sudden weakness
Jaw pain and tension
Post-menopausal vaginal bleeding
Heart palpitation
Pulse racing up to 120 bpm for over 30 minutes while relaxing
Dizziness, vertigo
Achy joints, especially in my hands
Inability to type like I used to just a month or so ago
Inability to read out-loud like I used to just a month or so ago
Sleeplessness: waking up after only 2 hours of sleep with heart pounding, then inability to fall back asleep for about 2 hours, followed by the same cycle of sleep and wakefulness
Rashes
Pain and pressure in my head and eyes
The woman in this video describes her's and her husband's reactions to smart meters and cell towers:
"I realized that for the last year that me and my husband had been suffering, all these terrible illnesses, all these terrible conditions and symptoms,
was from this thing (the smart meter)."
Three other people describe their reactions to smart meters in this video:
"I fled Idaho because I was harmed tremendously."
And a father shows the radiation from a smart meter in his child's second floor bedroom in this video:
"Many scientists, physicians, and health care practitioners around the world, in the United States, Canada, Europe, are sounding the alarm that this stuff isn't as safe as the people who are making money off of it are claiming it is."
Here is a long, yet very informative video by Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt on the effects of smart meters and electromagnetic radiation:
"The only thing that parallels the exponential increase in chronic neurological illness... is the increased exposure to man-made electromagnetic fields."
And Dr. Darren Schmidt explains, "How Smart Meters Affect Your Body":
"The point is here, there is no safe levels of radio frequencies."
We've been trying different ways of blocking the radiation; we wrapped a sheet of lead around the back of the one AMR smart meter nearest to the bedroom, along with wire screen behind it, adding more wire screening behind the bed. Though these efforts seem to have a small effect on my symptoms at first, the improvement seems to last only about 24 hours, and then I'm back to where I was, if not worse. That may be due to the cumulative effect of electromagnetic radiation, because I doubt that we've been able to block it all. Plus the City of Battle Creek Water Department has installed three of their smart meter devices on the property as well, and even though we've requested their removal, so far the Water Department has done nothing about our request.
We are now considering removing all of our natural gas service in order to remove the two AMR smart meters from the property.
During sleepless nights, prayer and meditation usually calms my nervous system down to the point where I can fall asleep for another two hours or so. Wireless radiation, like that which comes from AMR smart meters, is explained here. It puts the body into a "fight or flight" mode, and then the body is not able to heal and repair while in that mode. Waking up to my heart pounding sounds like I'm in that fight or flight mode, so it's no wonder I'm having new symptoms arise almost daily.
David Williams, SEMCO Energy's Regional Operations Manager, has begun ignoring me, so we've located a heating/cooling person who will remove and replace the AMR smart meters with 100% analog gas meters, however we have not yet located 100% analog gas meters. If you are reading this and know of a source for 100% analog gas meters, please let me know. I just want the unnecessary radiation to stop, and to have the AMR utility meters removed, and 100% analog meters, that have withstood the test of time for safety and reliability, returned.
