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