smart meters

Is Your Utility Smart Meter Harmful?

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October 29, 2025 Presented by Cece Doucette, Director, Massachusetts for Safe Technology, Safer Screentime; With Gratitude to Co-Host Ken Gartner, EMR-S, Bio-Safer Housing

Thank you to everyone who joined me (Cece Doucette) and our wonderful co-host, Building Biologist Ken Gartner, for this timely webinar! – Cece Doucette LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2FyRZ5eQz4

Extremely informative highlights:

Electromagnetic Radiation Syndrome, EMR-Syndrome (ADA) symptoms
➢ Insomnia ➢Headaches ➢Nosebleeds/earbleeds ➢Fatigue ➢Pain
➢Skin abnormalities ➢ Irregular heartbeats ➢Cognitive impairment
➢Anger, behavior issues ➢Anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation

Top 20 Symptoms Reported from Smart Meters

  1. Blood Pressure (Elevated or Low)
  2. Heart Palpitations, Heart Racing
  3. Ear Ringing, Buzzing, Tinnitus
  4. Eye Pain, Vision, Cataracts
  5. Nausea, Vomiting
  6. Fatigue, Exhaustion, Stress
  7. Anxiety, Agitation
  8. Irritability, Bickering, Arguing
  9. Insomnia, Sleeplessness
  10. Involuntary Muscle Contractions
  11. Leg Cramps, esp. In Bed
  12. Brain Fog, Lack of Concentration
  13. Dizziness, Disorientation, Vertigo
  14. Head Pressure, Heat, Piercing Pain
  15. Headache, Migraine
  16. Nerve Damage, Shooting Pain
  17. Numbness, esp. in Hands/Feet
  18. Short Term Memory Loss
  19. Respiratory Problems
  20. Tingling, Burning, Itching Skin
    https://kjgartner.substack.com/p/announcing-a-symptom-checklist-for

Potentially caused by:
 Internet of Things (IoT) appliances  Smart phones and Bluetooth technologies
 Wi-Fi routers, 3G (UMTS), 4G (LTE) and 5G  Cordless phones and headsets
 Tablets, laptops and printers  Mice and keyboards  Gaming devices, virtual reality
 Baby monitors  “Smart” hearing aid

How to mitigate dangerous EMF from wifi devices:


Community Level Electropollution
Macro cell towers 5G small cells Satellites Wireless access points Utility smart meters

Utility “Smart” Meters Hazards Explained:
>Some pulse radiation continuously
>Can hop on house wires/pipes
>Fires, explosions, improper grounding
>Data harvesting, privacy issues
>Leading cause of sudden onset
>EMR Syndrome
>Environmental justice/Worcester
>TedX Talk
>Jeromy Johnson, engineer
>TedX Talk: Dr. Alexia McKnigh

What Can We Do?
➢ Do nothing, keep vigilant for signs/symptoms.
➢ Do not use bedroom adjacent to broadcasting meters (consider bed canopy)
➢ Ask Utility whether a safer ‘opt-out’ meter is available, aim for not radiating
➢ Ask Utility whether they can relocate any broadcast antenna
➢ Ask Utility if you can upload a monthly photo of reading
➢ Surround/redirect/shield antennas to protect living space
➢ Consider weaning from natural gas use, thus no gas meter
➢ Consider drilling a well, thus no water meter
➢ Move electric meter to pedestal in the yard (facing away)
➢ Reduce ‘dirty electricity’ exposure from main electrical service (gas and water
meters don’t connect to house’s wiring) UNFORTUNATELY – For Apartment Dwellers, there are fewer options, bank of meters
➢ Public engage

What’s wrong with 5G and telecom hype?

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Notes from Dr. Devra Davis and Americans For Responsible Technology during a zoom meeting 4/15/20 on 5G. (some slides from presentation below)

First, the telecom companies have been charging you different fees on your phone/telecom bill for years with the reasoning that they will use these funds to expand fiberoptic systems to reach more remote areas. Because of this they have amassed funds from customers that have not been used because they haven’t done this expansion. Now they are going to use the funds to expand 5G without your consent and using the funds that you paid into for a completely different purpose. Throughout the world telecom companies have disclaimers and warnings on wireless devices (see chart below) and have restricted frequency levels that have proven to cause harm. Even warnings from telecom companies to their shareholders have indicate that they cannot be insured for suits brought from people being harmed by these frequencies. Several telecom company executives in other countries have resigned rather than be personally liable in such a lawsuit. Do the insurers know the risks that we are not privy to?

So what’s wrong with 5G besides the fact that the infrastructure will have to be overwhelming because these frequencies are short range and therefore require hundreds or thousands or units on poles and structures vs. one cell tower?  These units will also require higher usage of electricity putting our grid system in overload. The 5G hazard is just an upgrade from the hazards we are already receiving from 3G and 4G through our cell phones, WiFi, smart meters and smart houses. The 5G frequencies were actually developed years ago as a weapon to induce pain, although if used sparingly it can actually treat chronic pain. Did you know the airports scanners are a form of 5G and are used to detect explosives?

The big hazard to the body is that the frequencies from 5G are absorbed through our skin and eyes and detrimentally effect our cells. Our sweat glands resonate with these frequencies creating dis-ease in the body. 5G affects cell growth repair so if the person is older or has some sort of immune-compromised illness they will likely be more affected*. The frequencies also disrupt the body’s ability to maintain antioxidant and glutathione levels when they are within 80 meters of the 5G unit, and also alter cell membranes, changes gene expressions and alter our cell death cycle and bacteria growth.

Japan, the USA and Canada have the highest allowable levels of RF exposure in the world. What do the other countries know that we aren’t being told? According to the Environmental Health Trust publication 5G uses frequencies from low to high band currently sub 6GHz. These have proven to cause cancer, but other risks to our health can include DNA , brain/memory, and sperm/reproductive damage, not to mention the extreme environmental risks to insects and trees.  5G is poised to be the undoing of personal freedoms, human biological sustenance, and the health of the planet. With 5G being launched agressively without need for local zoning approval during the pandemic, we all need to take our heads out of the sand and take a stand against this Orwellian technology.

For details please visit https://ehtrust.org/ and https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/ and www.safehelpsyou.org

*could frequency clusters (like in hospitals) see more virus deaths due to lowered immunity?

MA Smart Meter Hearling Update Sept. 2019

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Smart Meter Hearing Update

Thanks so much to those who sent in testimony for the three Massachusetts utility smart meter bills!

(If you haven’t had a chance, there’s still time and every voice counts — here’s the template to make it easy.)

Yesterday nine constituents testified before the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. We hope to have video to share soon.

Some highlights:

  • The legislators heard personal experiences, the science, and what other states and countries are already doing to protect their citizens.
  • They also heard details on National Grid’s fraudulent smart grid pilot program in Worcester, MA.
  • Senate Chair Michael Barrett stopped to ask good questions about the science.
  • We laid out solutions and handed both the House and Senate Chairs the roadmap to safe, sustainable technology: the policy book Reinventing Wires: The Future of Landlines and Networks.
  • Industry representatives were in the hearing chamber so we got to educate them too; they chose not to testify.

We are so grateful for the tireless work of our world scientists, health care professionals, educators, advocates — and a growing number of public servants tuning into the wireless radiation issue. We know it is on your shoulders we stand as we work together to move the needle toward safe technology.

The public policy process in Massachusetts is a long one — this session goes until December 2020 but perhaps our legislators will move more swiftly now that New Hampshire and Oregon have passed wireless radiation bills into law.

The Next Bills: October 7

We just found out the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure has scheduled two more of our bills for public hearing:

Monday, October 7, 1-4 p.m.
Massachusetts State House, Gardner Auditorium

Senator Julian Cyr’s S. 129 and S. 130 seek, respectively, to:

  • Form a special commission to research the impact of electromagnetic (EMR) and radiofrequency (RFR) radiation on consumer protection, public health, and technology
  • Emulate the Berkeley, CA ordinance to notify the public of the fine print radiation warnings

I’ll create a template soon and ask for testimonies to be sent in again. If folks can make arrangements to testify in person too, these are perhaps our two strongest bills this session.

Smart Meters Banned in NM cities

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Today we won a victory in the fight against radiation in New Mexico. The Public Regulation Commission has denied PNM’s application for Smart Meters. “The plan presented in the Application does not provide a net public benefit and it does not promote the public interest,” wrote the Commission.

The Commission accepted the Hearing Examiner’s recommended decision without alteration. It ruled that:

• PNM did not demonstrate that smart meters will save money.
• PNM did not demonstrate that smart meters will produce energy efficiency.
• PNM did not show that customers want smart meters.
• PNM did not evaluate alternatives.
• PNM did not say how it would protect customer data privacy.
• Cybersecurity issues need to be addressed.
• 125 good, high-paying jobs would be lost.
• Proposed opt-out fees were unreasonable.
• There was insufficient public input.
• There was insufficient response by PNM to public objections.

EVIDENCE ABOUT HEALTH EFFECTS was discussed at length. “Customers who have strong feelings about the
health effects of the meters should be allowed to protect their stated health concerns without a
prohibitively high cost.”

The decision goes on to state: “The conditions of the portion of the population who believe they are
electromagnetically sensitive deserve acknowledgment and consideration as decisions are made
regarding the implementation of an AMI Project. Accommodations could include reasonable
opt-out provisions and fees and perhaps the selection of technologies that minimize the impacts
on such people. Such accommodations may be desirable to minimize health risks to customers
and address the needs and preferences of PNM’s customers. These are issues that can and should
be addressed in a public input process of the sort PNM stated in its 2012 Report that it would
conduct before bringing a smart meter proposal to the Commission for approval.”

The decision means there will not be smart meters in the near future in New Mexico’s metropolitan areas: Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Clayton, Ruidoso, Tularosa, Alamogordo, Silver City, Lordsburg and Deming.