Exposure Guidelines
Germany has a legal limit of 0.1 microwatt per centimeter squared. China and Russia put the limit at 10. The United States limit is 1,000, which is 10,000 times stronger than what Germany deems a safe level!
Daniel Hirsch, a UC researcher, California radiation expert and UCSD instructor has calculated that smart meters expose you to more than 100 times the full body, cumulative exposure of a cell phone, and as high as exposure from 160 cell phones.
Dr. David Carpenter, a Harvard-trained Researcher at the University of Albany, NY wrote:
Under court order, Pacific Gas and Electric admitted that their smart meters emitted 14,000 spikes of communication per day. The utilities have often held that smart meters are not a problem because they communicate with the utility rather infrequently; maybe a couple of times an hour. It doesn't matter how frequently they communicate with the utility. What matters is how frequently they generate radio frequency fields. And clearly the utilities have been hiding the fact that these smart meters generate these radio frequency fields almost continuously. They're pulses, but they're very, very frequent.
So according to PG&E's court documentation, the average smart meter is on 45 or 60 seconds per day. But they've conveniently withheld from us that these 45 or 60 seconds are split up into 10,000 or more pulses, each at about 4 and a half milliseconds in duration, emitting all the time, every few seconds, 24 X 7. And some meters are up to 190,000 pulses per day.
"Legal" Exposure Limits
The following charts include US exposure standards for electromagnetic radiation versus other countries who are all more conservative. Also on the charts are details of what published medical studies have found in terms of some of the health impacts at levels far below the US standard:
As mentioned on the main page of this site, Germany has a legal limit of 0.1 microwatt per centimeter squared; China and Russia put the limit at 10; and the United States is at 1,000, which is 10,000 times stronger than what Germany deems a safe level!
DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS RING ALARM BELLS
There are hundreds of doctors and researchers around the globe that state unambiguously that there is substantial harm caused by transmitting technologies. They are calling for moratoriums and further research before such technologies continue to be rolled out. One video shows a member of the United Nations reading an appeal to the Secretary General of the UN. It might be possible to use some of this content to prove the harm caused in court cases and/or compel electric, gas, and water utility companies to remove digital meters.
SOURCES OF EMR
The proliferation of non-native EMF has grown exponentially over the past three decades. Some sources may really surprise you.
HEALTH IMPACTS
Sleep issues, brain-fog and frustration are the least of our worries. EMR has been proven to make all autoimmune conditions worse. Blue light from computer and cell phone screens, video gaming console screens, and artificial indoor lighting also has major impacts on our health. See the main page of this site for a partial list of conditions, then see the Quotes page to see specifics on what doctors and researchers are saying.
CHILDREN IMPACTED WORSE
Infants and children are impacted twice as much as adults by EMR because of their undeveloped immune systems, because they are growing up in the digital age and being given transmitting devices from a much younger age, and because their skulls are softer and undeveloped.
HEALTHY OPTIONS
There are specific supplements and foods that can do a lot to help mitigate the impact of radiating technologies. Even specific fish and wine can make a substantial difference.
EXPOSURE GUIDELINES
Exposure guidelines have not been updated in decades. They were developed based on thermal effects rather than the impact that radiation has been proven to have on DNA, on our mitochondria. These guidelines in no way account for the exponential growth of wireless technologies and the associated increase in electromagnetic radiation.
OPTIONS TO DEAL WITH UTILITY COMPANIES
There are a number of options to deal with the digital meters put on our homes by utility companies. These strategies range from using aluminum foil to block the transmissions, to building a closet or box around meters, to legal proceedings.