June 1, 2014
For many Virginia residents the installation of smart meters on your home
is your decision. Currently the
electric company will notify you that they are upgrading your analogue meter to an advanced meter (radiation emitting smart meter). These meters
when installed transmit radiation every
few seconds all day long transmitting information to a utility data
collection unit on a telephone pole (maybe near your home) where it is sent
onto a data collection company - creating a microwave radiation
spider web throughout your community.
This adds up to hundreds of times more
radiation exposure, even at many feet away, than that of cell phones.
Utilities and governments realize that smart meters and their networks can be attacked by hackers and terrorists.
Smart meters have
caused fires. Fires and explosions
associated with smart meters have been reported in California, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Texas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Illinois, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon, Maine, Virginia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Florida.
Smart meters don’t
save money. When considering the cost of replacing the our current
Automatic Meter Reading(AMR) meters before the end of their useful lives the
residential customer savings per ratepayer are projected to be $11 over 20
years by the Connecticut Attorney General, George Jepsen. With inflation factored, there are no
savings. The smart meter useful life is at best half of the current AMR meter. Some
residents have complained about much higher bills after their smart meter was
installed. If you want to monitor your
energy usage you don’t need a smart meter.
Just purchase a home monitor that identifies the electricity usage by
location and appliance. Why give
utilities the control of identifying your real-time usage?
The World Health Organization and the International Agency
for Research on Cancer state that Radio Frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields
(EMF) from non-ionizing radiation-emitting devices such as smart meters are a Class 2-B carcinogen, which means they may cause cancer - the pesticide DDT,
leaded gas, and chloroform are also in this category. Documented EMF studies also show: single and double strand DNA breakage which
is associated with cancer, endocrine disruption, heart arrhythmia, ADD/ADHD
and more. After smart meters have been installed some people experience:
Headaches muscle
spasms breathing
problems
insomnia heart
problems nausea
cognitive problems ringing
in the ears even
seizures
memory loss dizziness
Some have had to leave
their homes to alleviate these health problems.
People with various physiological conditions such as
children, elderly people, having medical implants, pregnant women, and babies
are particularly at risk.
Thousands of studies,
not industry funded, confirm that this radiation is harmful. Visit www.smartmeterdangers.org (click
research) to read many unbiased studies.
Many illnesses like cancer take years to develop. Smoking cigarettes, asbestos exposure and
radon were not considered hazardous until the link with cancer was established. Are you willing to risk your own health
and your family’s health when we can demand an opt out of smart meters?
Wireless meters should not be installed. Notify your electric utility company that you want to opt out. Dominion Power and some other electric companies in Virginia will replace the "smart" meter with a non-transmitting meter.
Opt out of Dominion Power information here
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