http://www.radiationresearch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=173
A must-read, professional article that provides the international, big picture related to smart meters, with known problems such as human rights, health concerns, security, privacy, and safety issues, and solutions.
[Note: CEP does not approve of any smart meters due to infringement upon privacy and lack of any possible assurance of safety, even if wired or with the use of fiberoptics.]
| Smart Meters – Smarter Practices Document |
| Solving emerging problems, A review by Dr Isaac Jamieson Commissioned by the Radiation Research Trust, United KingdomCover, Table of Contents, Acknowledgements & Introduction 1-6 Executive Summary 7-19 Public Perception 20-23 Smart Alternatives (Fibre-optics & PLC) 24-32 Smart Meter Interference, Electrical Safety & Best Practice 33-40 Smart Meters and Human Rights (Overview) 41 European Convention of Human Rights 42 UK – Human Rights Act 1998 43-48 African [Banjul] Charter on Human & Peoples’ Rights 49-54 American Human Rights 55-65 United States of America – United States Constitution & Constitutions in individual States 66-70 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 71-76 Health Matters 77-86 Possible Health Risks 87-114 Smart Meter Health Impacts Testimonials 115-123 Commentary on Safety Guidelines 124-125 PLC/’Linky’/BPL, Smart Meters and health 126-130 Environmental Concerns 131-144 Security of Supply (Introduction) 145 Vulnerability to Space Weather 146-156 Practicality, Security, War, Terrorist or Cyber-Attack 157-173 The need for ‘opt outs’ and wired alternatives 174-177 Smart Meters, HAN & smart appliances 178-185 Financial implications of Smart Meters 186-192 Smart Meters, energy usage & cost-effective investments 193-204 Conclusion 205-207 Appendix 1 – Health & Smart Meter safety survey 208 Appendix 2 – Energy use & financial implications 209 Appendix 3 – Health Promotion 211-222 Appendix 4 – Educational buildings & Smart Meters 223-225 Appendix 5 – Need for additional stakeholders 226-227 Appendix 6 – Improving science-based stakeholder processes 228 Appendix 7 – Privacy matters 229-230 Appendix 8 – Seletun Resolution 231 Appendix 9 – Website listings 232-234 Appendix 10 – Smart Metering projects worldwide 235-238 Appendix 11 – EMF & related web sites 239-246 Appendix 12 – Glossary and abbreviations 247-254 Author biography, EM-Radiation Research Trust 255-257 Addendum – EMP & Cyber Securityfrom http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/smart-meter-practices/:  Smart Meters – Smarter Practices Dr Isaac Jamieson is a scientist, architect and built environment consultant specializing in the design and enhancement of bio-sustainable environments and technologies. He was Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Electrostatics Group of the Institute of Physics from 2008 to 2011, and is presently a scientific adviser on stakeholder groups in the EU and UK involved in policy decisions for the creation of healthy environments at national and international level. In addition to this he has in the past undertaken work for the Lifelong Health Project at Imperial College London, related to the development of environmental design factors and preventive interventions aimed to encourage healthy aging and enhance well-being. He undertakes freelance consultancy work, private commissions and international research collaborations. He organized the International one-day conference ‘Electromagnetic Phenomena and Health – a Continuing Controversy?’ at the Institute of Physics in London in 2008. Recent research papers by Dr. Jamieson include: Jamieson (2011), Underground Living and Health. Presentation given at ‘Designing for Intelligent Underground Buildings’ seminar held by the CIBSE Intelligent Buildings Group, CIBSE HQ, London on 6 July 2011. Jamieson (2010) Visible Light Communication (VLC) Systems, bemri.org/visible-light-communication.html Jamieson, Holdstock, ApSimon & Bell (2010), Building Health: The Need for Electromagnetic Hygiene?, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Sciences – http://iopscience.iop.org/1755-1315/10/1/012007 ; Jamieson (2010), Intelligent Communication: The Future of EMF Discourse and Risk Governance?, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Sciences – http://iopscience.iop.org/1755-1315/10/1/012009 ; Jamieson & Briggs (2009), Towards Effective Risk Discourse: the Role of Stakeholder Partnerships. International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 13, (3-4), pp. 276-293. |
[…] 1 smart meter can provide the full cumulative body RF radiation exposure, over time, of up to 160 cell phones (Hirsch). A national doctor association, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, recommends against having a smart meter on one’s property for a wide variety of common medical conditions and even states that the smart meters may be the source of some medical conditions, based on extensive peer-reviewed RF radiation exposure research. A position statement signed by over 52 experts who have published peer-review research on RF radiation and EMF (electromagnetic frequencies) and health, with scathing comments about the dangers of smart meters has recently been published in Canada. Smart meters also collect personal data which is shared with other companies and even law enforcement, infringing upon our privacy. One cybersecurity expert from Carlsbad has told the Director of the Center for Electrosmog Prevention that smart meters may be easily hacked and the data switched so one person receives the bill of another. Former CIA Director Woolsey has called the smart grid “very very stupid” as it places the entire electric grid of the nation at risk of failure due to its wireless nature. For more detail on these and other aspects in depth, visit the Radiation Research Trust (UK)’s Smart Meters – Smarter Practices. […]
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