Smart Power Meters - The Beginning of the End for Utility Companies

Smart power meters are a new technology that may allow for improvement of the United States power grid. The plan is to have smart meters everywhere. However not everybody is sure what the health effects will be. One big questions is how many smart power meters is too many , . Because of the location of power and gas meters, some homes and apartments can have as many as 20 smart power meters right next to where they sleep. On the other hand, there are other homes and apartments were the power meter is far away from their living quarters.

So are those that have more than two smart power meters next to where they sleep more likely to develop health effects than those that don't. Doing a random statistical sample of 200 homes and 200 apartments it was found  there are about 1 in 30 dwellings  have 4 or more smart power meters located near were they sleep.

This group may be the first to develop adverse health effects from smart power meter. If the utility companies blanket 80 percent of all residences with smart power meters in the United States, the sample data suggests that up 8 million people could possible develop adverse health effects. If the effects are serious, the liability of the utility companies as well as contractors such as smart power meter installers as well as smart power meter manufacturers could be enormous. Not to mention the effects on overall productivity in the United States.

Smart Power Meters: Class Action Law Suits Emerge

As the issue about the health effects of smart power meters emerges, law suits on this very subject have emerged.  The article titled "Mass tort lawsuit filed over smart health injuries:" at  emfsafetynet.org names Southern California Edison and PG&E in such law suits. Also mentioned are installers of the equipment, Corix and Wellington, as well as smart meter manufacturers, Itron and Landis and Gyr.

This could be just the tip of the iceberg for utility companies, smart power meter installation companies, smart power meter manufacturers and even possible semiconductor companies. As utility companies ramp up the installation of smart power meters across the country and the world, the number of law suits and health effects could also ramp up significantly. Add to this, the possibility that health effects don't occur until 3 to 15 months after smart power installation, the utilities may  law suit see a lawsuit meltdown.  If the utilities are lucky, the health problems might just be isolated incidences. In these cases, the utilities might not have followed common sense electromagnetic installation shielding practices and perhaps even set their smart power transmission power rates way to high.

As the law suits spread, so can you expect skepticism about the safety of smart power meters. Already, youtube has a flood of  smart power meter shielding devices one can make yourself or buy.

Smart Power Meters: Noises in House, Health Hazards and Concerns

Now that smart power meters have been installed on millions of American homes, both gas and electric smart meters, the health effects  of smart power meters should become better known.  The big question is whether or not utility companies should have adopted stricter electromagnetic wave shielding guidelines.

It is still a controversy as to just how dangerous the  low frequency  and radio frequency  electromagnetic fields from a smart power meter are. Those who sleep near a smart power meter or meters in many cases, my be the first to experience the negative health effects that have been attributed to smart power meters. Reports indicate that those that sleep in this environment, have suffered physical ailments so severe that they have left their homes. Health problems reported include headaches, heart palpitations and electronic noises in ones ears and heads.

Whether or not these ailments are related to smart power meters is an open question, one has to wonder if proper electromagnetic shielding of smart power meters could circumvent any future public health problems. One has to wonder if the utility company guidelines for the installation of smart power meters take into consideration the number of meters outside a persons bedroom. The utilities must mount the smart power meters on the gas main and power main of the house. But is this the best place in consideration of the fact that someone may spend a  lot of time in a room adjacent to those outdoor meters.

For a demonstration on low-cost shielding techniques used to block smart power meter radiation (complete with audible electromagnetic radiation detector visit  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmS5pVEZHzg

You can also view their web site at http://www.smartmeterguard.com/