Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Letter: Health concerns about smart meters

Letter: Health concerns about smart meters

 

 

 
Actually, several experts, including Australian associate professor of neurosurgery Vini G. Khurana, say adverse neurological effects have been reported in people who sustain proximity to wireless meters, especially under three metres. Wireless smart meters typically produce atypical, relatively potent and very short pulsed RF/microwaves whose biological effects have never been fully tested. They emit these millisecond-long RF bursts on average 9,600 times a day with a maximum of 190,000 daily transmissions and a peak level emission two and a half times higher than the stated safety signal, as the California utility Pacific Gas & Electric recognized before that State’s Public Utilities Commission. Thus, people in proximity to a smart meter are at risk of significantly greater aggregate of RF/microwave exposure than with a cellphone, not to mention the cumulative exposure received by people living near multiple meters mounted together, pole-mounted routers or utility collector meters using a third antenna to relay RF signals from 500 to 5,000 homes.

A talk about smart meter risks will be given in Montreal by Trent University professor Magda Havas on May 25 at 2 p.m. at the Projet Ecosphere Environmental Fair, on the Olympic Stadium Esplanade. Details: 


André Fauteux
editor and publisher, La Maison du 21e siècle magazine
Sainte-Adèle

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http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Letter+Health+concerns+about+smart+meters/8344415/story.html

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