Dive Summary:
- David H. Bailey and Jonathan M. Borwein write about PG&E's recent refusal to comply with a smart meter ban in the San Francisco suburb of Sebastopol, Calif., challenging the "potential risks to the health, safety and welfare" that the city council there cited for the devices.
- They write that the microwave exposure one would experience while standing a meter away from a smart meter during a broadcast would be "550 times less than standing in front of an active microwave oven, and 1100 times less than holding an active cell phone to one's ear."
- Additionally, they call on anyone in opposition to smart meter due to radiation concerns to also avoid mobile phones, tablets, Bluetooth technology and any place of business that uses WiFi.
From the article:
"... Those promoting these bans cite health risks. Some claim "electromagnetic hypersensitivity," or in other words that radiation from devices such as smart meters cause dizziness, fatigue, headaches, seizures, memory loss or other maladies. Others claim that smart meters cause cancer. Similar episodes have occurred in the UK, Canada and elsewhere, but on this as with many similar issues, pseudoscience is making the greatest inroads in the United States. ..."
