"We Don't Want Your Smart Meter"

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.

Transmitting and smart meters pulse radiofrequency radiation continuously, 24/7. Radiofrequency radiation (RFR) has "clear carcinogenic" effects, according to the recent National Toxicology Program's cellphone radiation study, and is hazardous to our health, according to a plethora of other peer-reviewed, published studies, (the Naval Medical Research did one in the 1970's, and NASA did one in the 1980's, but there are many, many more, and RFR continues to be studied and proven hazardous to health).

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.

Oh the tangled web...

"Is A Cell Tower Going Up in Your Neighborhood?"

"If it's not now, it may soon."

“…Julie Watts asks the question you’re not supposed to ask:  Are there legitimate health concerns?"

Why are you not supposed to ask that question?

The Telecom Act of 1996 made it illegal to refuse the installation of telecom equipment for health reasons (radio frequency emissions).  Telecom can, will, and have sued us if we do.

Why do you think it was necessary to include that in the Telecom Act of 1996?

Maybe because cell phones were released with NO pre-market testing, and, after-market testing plus the experience of perhaps thousands of people, show that cell phone use can lead to, or contribute to, cancer, especially cancers where the cell phones are held or carried.

In fact, a highly credentialed cancer researcher recently released a statement definitely linking cell phone radiation to cancer.

However, in the video above, California Assembly Member, Bill Quirk, former NASA scientist, says, “I know scientifically that putting up these… cell towers are safe.”  Later in the interview he admits that he is motivated by votes, (not health or safety).

What we really need is actual human safety testing. 

That is why I propose all the people in government who want to support 5G small cell towers and DAS nodes in public right of ways, to have them installed every 500 feet INSIDE their property first, and get back with us in a generation.

“The bottom line is that caution is often less convenient, 

but it is seldom harmful." *

Links:

• Bret Bocook on the brain tumor he developed after heavy cell phone use
• Cell Phone Radiation & Breast Cancer
• Cancer Researcher States That $25M NIH Study Confirms That Cell Phone Radiation Can Cause Cancer
• 5G and IoT: a Trojan horse
• Important Letter to Zoning Committee on Their Responsibility to Protect Public Rights and Not Hide Behind Federal Laws That Can Harm Us
• What Changed at NTP? | Same RF Cancer Data, Different Outlook
• Riders ‘risk cancer’ from autonomous cars
• As I See It: Wake Up Call *
• Petition: Warn Olympic Athletes and Public at Pyeongchang of “5G” Microwave Radiation Experiment

The Evolution of a Revolution

"Analog utility meter choice," she said as she read my new name tag, "Yeah!  I want my analog meter back."

"Good!" I said as I handed her a flyer.

"I get dizzy when I sit by the smart meter.  That's the only time I get dizzy.  When I move away from it, I'm fine."

"Sounds like you're sensitive..." 

She was not the first person to explain in detail physical symptoms they experience when near a smart meter.  Her reaction is one of the milder ones I've heard of because her symptoms seem to disappear almost immediately when she moves and reduces her exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs).  

The fact that new electronic meters bring about any physiological effects is disturbing.  The fact that our utility companies and some of our legislators don't believe adverse health effects are a possibility is even more disturbing.

Both the name tag I wear and the flyer I distribute have evolved since first becoming active in the Analog Utility Meter Choice movement here in Michigan.  My first name tag was a gift from the first person I distributed flyers with.  It stated, "SAY NO TO SMART METERS!"  In those days, most people had little to no idea what smart meters were, so anyone caught looking at the name tag I was wearing would be asked if they knew what smart meters were.

With the most recent name tag design (pictured on the right above), I was hoping to invite others to start the conversation first.  And it worked!  A "stranger" read the name tag and told me she wanted the analog utility meter back.  And proceeded to tell me why.

The issue of health effects from electronic meters is not going away, despite utility companies and some legislators disbelief.  If anything, adverse health effects are increasing as more smart meters and transmitting natural gas meters are installed.

Did you know that senior citizens and the disabled are among the utility customers that are currently living without electric service here in Michigan because they've refused electronic and transmitting utility meters?  Our monopoly utility companies have refused a growing number of paying customers electric service because the customers want to keep analog utility meters, the meter that has literally withstood the test of time and is not known to make some people dizzy or cause other disturbing symptoms.

Some of our legislators are okay with utility companies refusing service to senior citizens, disabled, and others who refuse electronic meters.

Why?

The typical argument a legislator will give has to do with money.  However, are they hinting at why they are supporting the monopoly utility companies and not the people of Michigan?  Because of money?

Their argument has to do with "cost-shifting" and how smart meter customers would have to bear the burden of extra expenses created by analog meter customers.

And I say, show me the facts.  Audit the electric companies and prove your claims!

Few will discuss "possible" health effects, despite the fact that there are perhaps hundreds of testimonies from Michigan residents of adverse health effects, and thousands of published peer-reviewed research papers proving that microwave radio-frequency radiation is not benign and does cause adverse health effects (see links on the right).

Not the World Health Organization, not the American Cancer Society, not even the Federal Communications Commission; no one has ever made the conclusive statement that microwave radio-frequency radiation is 100% safe.

Yet Michigan's monopoly utility companies are getting away with charging utility customers extra to avoid this possible human carcinogen.  What's the difference between that, and bullying?  

This is not only a property rights issue.  This is a human rights issue.

If you live in Michigan and want to protect your health, property rights, and human rights, please contact every one of the representatives on the Energy Policy Committee who has not yet committed to a "YES" vote on HB 4220, Analog Utility Meter Choice legislation (listed below).  They are blocking this bill from passing out of committee.  Let them know how important this is to you, and why.

On issues presented before the committee, these representatives represent us ALL:

• Roger Hauck - Lansing phone (517) 373-1789 or email RogerHauck@house.mi.gov

• Jim Tedder - Lansing phone (517) 373-0615 or email JimTedder@house.mi.gov

• James Lower - District phone (616) 902-4946 or email JamesLower@house.mi.gov

• Beth Griffin - Lansing phone (517) 373-0839 or email BethGriffin@house.mi.gov

• Beau LaFave - District phone (906) 282-3004 or email BeauLaFave@house.mi.gov

• Joseph Bellino - District phone (734) 731-4142 or email JosephBellino@house.mi.gov

• Donna Lasinski - District phone (734) 997-7265 or email DonnaLasinski@house.mi.gov

• Scott Dianda - District phone (906) 369-3338 or email ScottDianda@house.mi.gov

• Darrin Camilleri - District phone (734) 818-5516 or email DarrinCamilleri@house.mi.gov

• Brian Elder - Lansing phone (517) 373-0158 or email BrianElder@house.mi.gov

• Patrick Green - Lansing phone (517) 373-1772 or email PatrickGreen@house.mi.gov

• Tim Sneller - District phone (844) 763-5537 or email TimSneller@house.mi.gov 

"When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right." ~ Victor Hugo

Thank you!  Bless us all!

An Open Letter to the Michigan House Energy Policy Committee

March 27, 2017  (Delivered today, March 28, 2017)

To:  The Members of the Michigan House Energy Policy Committee

Re:  HB 4220 - Analog Utility Meter Choice Legislation - an open letter

Honorable Members of the Energy Policy Committee,

As a member of this committee, your decisions not only affect your constituents, but every child, woman, and man in all of Michigan.

When it comes time to vote on HB 4220, please remember a few things:

• The fire chief who thankfully was home when his new smart meter arced and nearly caught his cabin on fire.¹
• The Detroit couple who's dogs were killed in a smart meter house fire.²
• The autistic children who, it is known, do better in an environment low in electromagnetic fields and low in dirty electricity.³
• The parents of autistic children, some of whom may not be able to afford "opt-out" fees to keep radiofrequency radiation emitting and dirty electricity creating electronic meters off their homes. 
• Newborn babies whose tiny skulls are much thinner than 200-pound men used for testing the penetration depth of radiofrequency radiation.⁴
• The perhaps hundreds of Michigan residents who have been testifying about ill effects experienced after smart or electronic meter installations.⁵
• The Michigan residents who have withstood two (or more) Michigan winters with no electricity due to power being cut by the utility companies because they refused a smart or electronic meter.  Some of these people had severe adverse physical reactions to smart and electronic meters, and removed or had them removed, to save their lives. 

When I was in my 30's, only a few people had cell phones.  Today, most everyone has a cell phone, even some toddlers.  Did you know that malignant brain tumors are now the top cause of cancer deaths in adolescents?⁶  That wasn't so when I was in my 30's.

Cell phones are a choice we don't have to pay extra to not have.  Some Michigan residents were already avoiding cell phones when smart or electronic meters were installed, or forced, onto their homes.  Many of these people were then thrown into full-blown electrosensitivity.

Did you know there are reliable disease bio-markers that characterize and identify electrosensitivity?⁷  This is a real condition, and some other countries are recognizing it and taking measures to reduce radiofrequency and wireless radiation in public places.⁸

Most people recover from electrosensitivity when electromagnetic fields in their environment are reduced or eliminated, though a growing number of people become hypersensitive to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and become "EMF refugees", constantly seeking out "white zones" free of EMFs, in order to not experience debilitating symptoms.⁹

On the one side we have utility meters (analog) that have been in use for more years than you or I have been alive, with no issues of privacy, fire safety, cyber attacks, plus they don't emit radiofrequency radiation (a class 2B carcinogen)¹⁰, and they don't create dirty electricity.¹¹  Plus, they take a miniscule amount of energy to operate.

On the other side we have electronic utility meters that take more energy to operate (adding to peak demand), emit a class 2B carcinogen, create dirty electricity, collect and record granulated data about our personal habits, and are easily hacked by some.  Plus, smart meters have probably started more fires in their short history than all the fires started by analog meters in the last 100 years.

The precautionary principle states, "that the introduction of a new product or process whose ultimate effects are disputed or unknown should be resisted."

So-called smart and electronic metering falls within the precautionary principle description.

Please be a hero in the eyes of those who are aware of the issues around electronic metering and support  HB 4220, an analog choice without added fees.  You will not regret it.

Most Sincerely,

(Signed)  Jeanine Deal

Supporting material:

1.  Testimony at the February 21, 2017 EnergyPolicy Committee, Fire Chief Roddy

2.  Fox News: Smart Meter Blamed for Causing Fireand Killing Dogs

3.  Autism and EMF?  Plausibility of a pathophysiological link

Wireless and EMFReduction for Autism - Clear Light Ventures

The Emerging LinkBetween Wireless and Autism - Clear Light Ventures

4.  Exposure Limits: The underestimation of absorbed cell phone radiation, especially in children

WeeksMD: ElectricalPollution in the home

5.  Michigan Oversight Committee Hearing on SmartMeters December 2, 2014 Part 1

Michigan Oversight Committee Hearing on Smart Meters December 2, 2014 Part 2

6.  Brain tumors now the most frequent form of cancer in US adolescents: Ground-breaking American study

Malignant Brain TumorsTop Cause Of Cancer Deaths Among US Adolescents, Young Adults

The Effects ofElectromagnetic Field on the Endocrine System in Children and Adolescents

7.  Reliable disease biomarkers characterizingand identifying electrohypersensitivity

8.  Worldwide Countries Taking Action on Wireless

International PolicyActions on Wireless

9.  Sanctuaries | Refugium

EMF Refugee | ProtectYour Family from EMF Pollution

I Am an EMF Refugee //News // Notre Dame Magazine // University of Notre Dame

10.  IARC (International Agency for Research onCancer) Classifies Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields as PossiblyCarcinogenic to Humans

11.  Electromagnetic hypersensitivity: biologicaleffects of dirty electricity with emphasis on diabetes and multiple sclerosis

Just the Facts, Man

In response to this news article:  Michigan 'smart meter' hearing elicits fears, this is what I wrote to the Editor of the Detroit News and the author of the article:

Dear Editor and Mike Gerstein (writer),

"Studies" may have shown our "concerns are unfounded", however experience has not. 

Michigan has never before had over 2 million so-called "smart" and/or electronic public utility meters installed.  Ever.  So logically, experience should override "studies". 

And there's a big difference between experience, and fears.  Take a look at the testimonies of people who attended the 2014 Michigan Oversight Committee hearing on smart meters.  They were talking about experience, for the most part.  Not fears. 

Part 1:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q12IbEtTrwk

Part 2:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJE0flyzv-Y

As was stated at yesterday's Energy Committee hearing, industry-funded studies predominantly "don't show any associated health risks."  While NON-industry-funded studies DO show "associated health risks."  So who are you going to believe?

DTE's opt-out fees are HIGHER than you reported, and even the digital opt-out meter collects granulated data that is downloaded by DTE when they read the meter. 

And Kurmas admitted that it was like "standing next to their old analog meter."  Some consider this an invasion of privacy, that the utility company will be able to know exactly how much electricity one is using, and exactly when.

You wrote, "it's not clear if the meters pose an increased cancer risk."  So who is the utility company to determine if I want to subject myself to a possible increased risk of cancer? 

I can choose to expose myself to the radiofrequency radiation of a cell phone, or not.  I can choose to expose myself to the potentially carcinogenic effects of cigarette smoke, or not.  I would like to RETAIN the RIGHT to choose my (potential) carcinogens, and smart meters emit a potential carcinogen. 

The "older equipment" lasts at least twice as long as the new equipment, smart meters, so when utility companies talk about "maintaining older equipment," they're talking about LESS maintenance than smart meters.

HB 4220 would not only protect my property rights, it would protect my privacy and my right to choose the carcinogens I'm exposed to.

Jeanine Deal

Battle Creek, MI

Smart Meters & Controversy

The City of Battle Creek's Commissioner Sherzer sent me information regarding "RF Exposure and Health Concerns" in response to my numerous comments and objections to smart meter installations.  The information he sent noted the FCC and the American Cancer Society, among other sources.

This was my response to Commissioner Sherzer:

Commissioner Sherzer,

Perhaps you have not heard most, if not all, of what I have been saying at City Commission meetings regarding smart meters, the radiation coming from them, and what others are saying about this controversial subject, so I will reiterate: 

Cell Tower Attorneys explain how the FCC is NOT protecting us:  http://bit.ly/1juGqcG

The Appeal in front the the United Nations and World Health Organization, signed by over 200 scientists requesting, among other things, revised "safe" levels of electromagnetic radio and microwave frequencies allowed in our environment, INCLUDING those coming from smart meters:  http://bit.ly/1PFZi56

UCSC professor and nuclear radiation expert's claim that the radiation from ONE smart meter, when CORRECTED for whole-body exposure and duty cycle,  is equivalent to 50 to 160 cell phones:  http://bit.ly/1MHFf6I

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine's view of smart meter microwave radiation and how they OPPOSE smart meters being installed on homes:  

http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/AAEM-Resolution.pdf

"Emissions given off by 'smart meters' have been classified by the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a Possible Human Carcinogen. Hence, we call for: (1) An immediate moratorium on 'smart meter' installation until these serious public health issues are resolved.  Continuing with their installation would be extremely irresponsible.  (2) Modify the revised proposed decision to include hearings on health impact in the second proceedings, along with cost evaluation and community wide opt-out.  (3) Provide immediate relief to those requesting it and restore the analog meters."

The American Cancer Society's International Agency for Research on Cancer's view that cell phone radiation is "possibly carcinogenic," (and the radiation from a smart meter is compared to cell phones by the smart meter industry):  http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf

What the Telecommunications Act of 1996 did for us:  http://www.anticelltowerlawyers.com/questions-answers/

How the EPA linked EMFs to cancer in 1990:  EPA Knew EMFs Were a “Probable Human Carcinogen” Decades Ago and Covered It Up

Wireless Radiation Danger to Babies and Children (video of The Babysafe Press Conference):  http://bit.ly/1RUeA98

And the fact that you can not disprove on paper the actual experience of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people who DO react adversely to smart meters and other sources of electromagnetic radio frequency and microwave radiation:  http://bit.ly/1OzLpC5

Do you really want to be known as the Commissioner(s) who allowed smart meters to be installed while all this controversy around them exists?  Do you really want to gamble with your health and the health of your loved ones, your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, that they will NOT be adversely affected by the radiation from this massive deployment of smart meters? 

That is a huge responsibility that you may one day regret.  Are you ready for that?

Most Sincerely,

Jeanine Deal

"So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another." ~ Romans 12:5

More information:

• EMFScientist.org
• Conclusions from BioInitiative Report
• Smart Meter Education Network in Michigan
• Take Back Your Power
• Smart Grid Awareness