Canary In The Coal Mine

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Burden of Proof

To the City Commission of Battle Creek, on Tuesday, September 6, 2016, I quoted parts of this letter written to the North Carolina Utility Commission, and said:

The precautionary principle states that the introduction of a new product or process whose ultimate effects are disputed or unknown should be resisted. It is a form of risk management, with the intention of reducing risk. If an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those taking the action. Which would be all of you in regards to smart metering technology.

This is a letter, co-authored by a group of scientists and health professionals who together have co-authored many peer-reviewed studies on the health effects of radiofrequency radiation.

"The majority of scientific literature related to radiofrequency radiation stems from cell phone studies. There is strong evidence that people who use a cell phone held directly to their ear for more than 10 years are at significantly increased risk of developing gliomas of the brain and acoustic neuromas of the auditory nerve."

"Smart meters and cell phones occupy similar frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, meaning that cell phone research can apply to smart meter radiofrequency radiation. Smart meter radiofrequency radiation consists of frequent very intense but very brief pulses throughout the day. Because smart meter exposure is over a 24 hour period, it can be very prolonged. Pulses can average 9,600 times a day... and because there is building evidence that the sharp high-intensity pulses are particularly harmful, the cell phone study findings are applicable when discussing adverse health impacts from smart meters."

"While the strongest evidence for hazards coming from radiofrequency radiation is for cancer, there is a growing body of evidence that some people develop a condition called electromagnetic hypersensitivity. "

I did, once smart meters were installed where I live.

"These individuals respond to being in the presence of radiofrequency radiation with a variety of symptoms including headaches...."

These professionals have said:

"There is absolutely no safe level of exposure established for radiofrequency radiation."

So, given this information from these educated professionals and their studies, the burden of proof of safety is now on all of you. So where is your proof that smart meters are indeed safe?

Thank you for listening. May you all truly be blessed.

(End of three minute "General Public Comment")

Speaking of "burden of proof," I've come across a couple of new websites with more scientific studies on radiofrequency radiation:

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Knowledge Is Useless Unless It's Used

I love how Richard Kimberley, in his blog post titled "What You MUST Know," compares becoming electro-sensitive with a glass slowly being filled with drops of water:

"Imagine a glass under a dripping tap. You are the glass and the drips are microwave radiation. As the glass fills up throughout your life, there’s no cause for alarm, no damage is perceived as being done. However, once that glass fills to the top, the trouble is about to start. The final drip overflows the glass and now we have a mess. You can move the glass away from the tap, but only a little of the contents will evaporate. One or two more drips, and we’re overflowing again."

Most people don't feel microwave radiation. That is, until they do. When their glass overflows.

Cell phones were no problem for me. Until they were. After several months of cell phone use, I started to feel pain and a burning sensation in my "phone ear." My glass was overflowing. So I stopped putting the cell phone to my ear, and the pain went away. My body began to heal, and perhaps some of the water in my glass began to evaporate.

Just a few months after new gas meters were installation, I felt the first symptom of my glass overflowing again. I didn't know microwave radiation emitting utility meters had been installed. New gas meters are not called "smart." But, I found out later, they do pulse microwave radiation over 600 times per hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, non-stop. That's the same frequency as cell phones, by the way.

And the gas company wont remove the new not-smart meters unless we want our natural gas turned-off. Permanently.

New symptoms of my glass overflowing were occurring, beyond just my phone ear hurting. I describe some of my experience here and here. Within a short period of time, I went from radiantly healthy, to achy all over, extremely exhausted, and more. I was rapidly declining.

Several months later, I identified the problem as being the not-smart gas meters, and began to remedy the microwave radiation problem.

It's been ten months now since we first blocked the radiation emitting from the not-smart gas meters. I've also been turning electric breakers off at night, to cut down on the dirty electricity. Though many of my symptoms have lessened considerably, not all symptoms are gone, and I still don't have the energy I had before not-smart gas meters were installed. Maybe I never will. But it is what it is.

Biological effects from microwaves and radiofrequency radiation have been known about for many years, and have even been researched by NASA. But our governments seem to be run by large corporations and powerful utility companies, and they seem to be calling many of the shots. At the expense of human health and safety.

"While human health and safety continue to be dismissed by many, growing scientific evidence is showing a dark side to cell phone, WiFi, smart meter and point-to-point technologies." ~ Dr. Albert Manville, Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Is this the world you want to leave to your children's children's children? One that cares more about profit than human health and safety?

Knowledge is useless unless it's used.

Thank you for reading ~ May all beings be blessed!

Some information:

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

"We Are The Evidence"

Angel of Truth photograph by Nicholas Miller found here

Last night at the Battle Creek City Commission meeting I shared summaries of some of the public comments from the Michigan Oversight Committee Hearing on Smart Meters, December 2014. What I shared was from just a few of the many people who testified to adverse health effects from smart meters.

If I spelled someone's name incorrectly that you know of, please let me know.

This was my three-minute "General Public Comment" to the commissioners:

I recently sent you all a link to the video of the Michigan Oversight Committee Hearing on smart meters, December 2, 2014. I would like to read a summary of a few of the comments.

Lori Ebaugh, Milford, MI: Didn't know a smart meter had been installed, started to experience heart palpitations, heart arrhythmia, insomnia, high-pitched ringing in her ears.

Carol Garcia, Rochester Hills, MI: Was very healthy. Became "deadly sick" after 2 to 3 months of smart meter exposure. Symptoms: "Every day" bloody nose, headache, vertigo, nausea, chest palpitations, insomnia, fatigue. Three of her doctors want smart meters removed from her house immediately.

Melissa Cardon, Muskegon County, MI: Her husband started to experience more frequent epileptic seizures, inability to sleep and neuropathy in his legs. Both experienced elevated blood pressure. They are low income, so the opt-out fees are significant for them.

April Jones, Shelby Township, MI: Headaches, sharp pains in her head, dizziness, insomnia, extreme fatigue, depression, anxiety, agitation, nausea, joint and muscle pain, memory issues, palpitations, chest pains, arrhythmia, shortness of breath, became bedridden. Can not live in a facility with a smart meter.

Linda Kurtz from Michigan's Smart Meter Education Network submitted a comment about 60% of the people who've called her with smart meter health complaints didn't know a smart meter had been installed when they began to experience their symptoms.

"We are the evidence..."

This is only a small fraction of the people who testified on December 2, yet our utility companies continue to install smart meters. These people are the evidence something is gravely wrong.

This is not a matter of the science catching up with technology, because the science is available. I've shared numerous articles and quotes with you, and now "reliable diseasebiomarkers characterizing and identifying electrohypersensitivity" has been studied and identified.

This is a matter of mainstream acceptance of the truth of electrohypersensitivity and smart meters.

Smart meter opt-out fees are discriminatory. And it's troubling the only concern the City Attorney of Battle Creek expressed in regards to all the Michigan lawsuits involving smart meters, was whether or not any of them had been upheld.

If you are truly concerned about the safety of all the citizens in Battle Creek, which you had expressed (earlier in the meeting), Mayor Walters, please, help stop this and support House Bill 4916, Analog Utility Meter Choice legislation.

Thank you for listening. May you all truly be blessed.

For more information about electrohypersensitivity, please see:

We Are The Evidence - Wireless Injury Advocacy Group

If you live in Michigan and would like to support legislation that allows all utility customers the choice to keep analog public utility meters, please see:

If You Live In Michigan

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Corporatocracy & Smart Metering

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!

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

High British Acceptance of Smart Meters Observed

'Never thought of the Brits as being particularly gullible. In fact, I've thought quite the opposite, that they were particularly astute.

But smart metering seems to have pulled the wool over the eyes of a lot of British people. At least from what I see on Twitter, their acceptance of smart metering appears to be pretty high. Among the highest of all the world, it appears to me.

Despite excellent groups and organizations trying to educate British people of the truth about smart meters...

...the Brits seem to be the ones posting the most positive "tweets" about smart meter acceptance.

Unless, of course, most of those "tweets" are from industry-paid trolls, which is an definite possibility.

I have "met" my share of smart meter trolls, on Twitter, news stories, and even here, on my blog. Though one of them, "Thomas Whitley," whom I had "met" elsewhere, and who recently commented on one of the posts here, "deleted" his comment after I replied back to him:

"Thomas, you're back! I was wondering when you were going to show up on my blog. Mind your p's & q's. I have deleting power, you know."

Wish I had saved his comment. Haven't heard back from him since then. Are you reading this, "Thomas?"

Perhaps Britain's presumed acceptance of smart metering has to do with the bribes being offered for accepting a smart meter:

How generous! Though, smart meters enable utility companies to collect granulated data about household activities. And these days, "There's Big Money In Energy Big Data". So the "free electricity" may be just a drop in the bucket in exchange for the data they're collecting.

Perhaps it also has to do with the cute, albeit violent, cartoon characters, "Gaz" and "Leccy", and the popular tunes that accommodate their video antics. In case you were wondering, these guys are being used to advertise smart meters:

When? In the history of humankind, have utility companies ever actually advertised their metering equipment in order to gain public acceptance?

Could it be utility companies needed to cover-up all the bad press about smart meter fires, over-charging, and health complaints?

They say "Gaz and Leccy are out of control." In reality it's our utility companies (gas, electric, and water) that are "out of control" in regards to forcefully smart metering us, often without our knowledge or consent.

You can see more videos of "Gaz and Leccy", here, if you're interested. Though you may want to be aware of one more thing before you watch any more...

It appears that Smart Energy GB is using neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to gain smart meter acceptance:

Meters by Carol Ann Duffy - NLP for Smart Meters

I don't know a lot about neuro-linguistic programming, however I found this article. And it appears that NLP has a somewhat dark history. Some are even calling NLP "mind control".

What will they think of next?

So, if you are British, and have not yet succumbed to the smart meter rhetoric, perhaps you are particularly astute!

Thank you for reading ~ May all beings be blessed!

Monday, July 25, 2016

That's Right, Folks!

Consumers Energy in Michigan is about to pull-out the stops and get even meaner.

"Even meaner? How could this be? Say it isn't so!"

It is so, folks. Soon we will have no choice but to accept new non-analog utility meters from Consumers Energy, the kind of meters that are making some people in Michigan sick. And it's not just Michigan people getting sick from new utility meters. Some people all around the world have been getting sick from these new, non-analog utility meters. Be they so-called 'smart' meters or 'opt-out' meters. Utility companies have been calling their new meters all kinds of things. One thing they all have in common, these new utility meters, is that they've all been making some people sick, even children. And soon Consumers Energy in Michigan will give us no choice but to accept one of these new non-analog meters.

"New utility meters are making some people sick, yet they're still being installed?!"

That's right, folks.

"How could this be? Aren't public utility companies regulated or something like that?"

That's right, folks, they are. But those things, those commissions, groups, organizations, and committees don't seem to be helping us out or making a hill of beans of difference when we want to refuse the installation of one of these new non-analog meters. Good citizens, people like you and me, are refusing these new meters, and for good reasons, but it hasn't been doing us much good.

"Not much good? You mean I can't say 'no' to one of these new meters that makes some people sick?"

That's right, folks. Saying 'no' wont do you any good. Come next year, Consumers Energy plans to offer only new non-analog meters (so-called 'smart' meters or digital 'opt-out' meters), and both are making some people sick. Consumers Energy is not recognizing people with electromagnetic hypersensitivity, not recognizing that some people actually do get sick from their new meters. And some utility companies have actually been forcing these meters on customers.

"Forcing? Violently?"

I haven't seen any violence to the utility customers regarding these new meter installations, though I have seen power being cut and installers breaking down doors in order to install one of these new meters.

"Breaking down doors?!"

That's right, folks.

"Like criminals?! And getting away with it?!"

That's right, folks. Like criminals. And getting away with it. Shenanigans, I tell you!

Hard to believe, I know. But the truth is that public utility companies are getting away with breaking down doors, lying, deceiving, and forcing people to accept one of these new meters on their homes, or cutting off their power if they don't agree to having one installed. Even when people tell the utility company that the new meter is making them sick, they don't seem to care one iota. Some utility companies tell you flat out that they will remove the new meter if you want, but cut-off your public utility service in the process.

"Cut off public utility service if we don't want a new meter that is making some people sick?! And nobody's doing anything about this?"

Well, some people are doing things. Some are filing lawsuits with our judicial system and taking public utility companies to court. However, so far, from what I've heard, the public utility companies are coming out on top. Seems like the courts are protecting the interests of the public utility companies and not protecting the citizens who are getting sick, or who just don't want one of these new meters for any other reason.

"So the courts aren't even helping us?"

That's right, folks. At least not so far.

"Is there anything we can do to help resolve this unbelievable situation here in Michigan?"

Thanks for asking! In fact, there is...

A group of Michigan State Representatives have introduced and co-sponsored a Bill (fancy name for a law) that would allow all utility customers to have a choice between an analog utility meter (the safer kind that's been used since your grandparents, possibly your great-grandparents, were wee-little-ones), and the new non-analog utility meters (those that are making some people sick, have also been known to explode or catch fire, and sometimes drastically over-charge utility customers, creating a real mess that some customers are finding difficult to resolve with their utility companies).

So if you want to help stop the shenanigans perpetrated by public utility companies in regards to new utility meters, and want to retain your right to choose what exactly is installed on your home, I urge you to ruffle some feathers:

1. Contact your current State Representative and politely ask them to support House Bill 4916, the Utility Meter Choice Bill. If you're really ambitious, contact each and every State Representative in Michigan. If you're contacting one of the co-sponsors to HB4916, thank them profusely!

2. Share this message with everyone you know in Michigan. And ask them to share this message with everyone they know in Michigan.

3. Sign-up to receive newsletters and updates from the Smart Meter Education Network here in Michigan, to stay in-the-know about what's going on in regards to the shenanigans perpetrated by our public utility companies.

Remember, folks, we're all in this together. Not everyone seems to be getting sick from these new non-analog utility meters. Those who are getting sick are being called 'canaries in the coal mine,' it's like they're an early warning sign. And as far as coal miners go, they knew that once the canaries were gone, they were next.

Of course, you can choose to do nothing in regards to this matter. Just remember, though, that by taking no action in regards to these shenanigans, you're giving your silent consent to what's going on. Is that really what you want to do, when people are getting sick? It is your choice.

Peace.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

What Are Your Credentials?

City Commissioners of Battle Creek - Image from here

To the City Commissioners of Battle Creek, Tuesday, July 5, 2015, I said:

What are your credentials that authorize you to disagree with hundreds of scientific studies done by independent world-renowned researchers? Are you willing to be held personally accountable should you be sued by those of us harmed by transmitting public utility meters?

On May 22, 2015, Dr. David O. Carpenter, submitted testimony to the Michigan Public Service Commission in regards to Case No U-17767, one of the many ongoing smart meter lawsuits here in Michigan.

Dr. Carpenter is a public health physician with specialties in environmental health and disease prevention. He is Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, State University of New York, which is a Collaborating Centre of the World Health Organization.

Dr. Carpenter and his colleagues have been studying the effects of low-level non ionizing radiation for decades. I will quote a few lines from his testimony:

"I am concerned with the health costs imposed on customers in consequence of the radio transmitters in smart meters and also in consequence of the power quality issues, sometimes called 'dirty electricity' generated by the power supplies used in these meters."

"Diminished health for a minority of the population, probably diminished life expectancy for the majority, probable genetic damage..."

"Widespread deployment (of smart meters) cannot be justified... based on the peer-reviewed research... universal deployment of such meters throughout our urban areas amount to an experiment on the people... without the consent of the experimental subjects."

"...there is a strong body of evidence that demonstrates a variety of adverse health effects, including cancer and effects on brain and behavior, coming from exposure to radiofrequency radiation like that generated by wireless smart meters."

So please tell me, what are your credentials that authorize you to disagree? Are you willing to be held 100% accountable for your approval of transmitting, wireless, AMI, AMR, Digital, Advanced, smart public utility meters?

Thank you for listening. May you truly be blessed.