Comments on: SmartMeters are Hurting Bees

By: “I Love my Smart Meter- It Kills Bees” | Stop Smart Meters!

“I Love my Smart Meter- It Kills Bees” | Stop Smart Meters! — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:05:45 +0000

[…] the EMF from the meters will “get rid of bees.” We’ve heard a number of reports now about bees disappearing around the vicinity of wireless meters. We know that bees are critical pollinators that we depend on for much of our food supply. We […]

By: Anna Logg

Anna Logg — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:54:42 +0000

I’ve heard a few stories of people replacing their meters. The process as I understand it is pretty simple. Step 1: Buy an analog meter (online or from electrician supply store). Step 2: get an electrician to replace it. Step 3: LOCK UP YOUR NEW ANALOG METER! Good luck.

By: Charlotte McFadden

Charlotte McFadden — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:31:16 +0000

Is it possible to have the meter removed? I have witnessed a huge loss of bee population in my yard.

By: onthelevelblog

onthelevelblog — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:18:06 +0000

In reply to Tim Clarke.

Hi Tim,

The smart meters that are being installed in CA (and many other places) radiate constantly, every 4-5 seconds, 24/7- a total of about 22,000 bursts of radiation every day. This is according to independent measurements.

-SSM!

By: Tim Clarke

Tim Clarke — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:00:31 +0000

Central Maine Power Company of Maine has received money from the federal government to put a smart meter in every house they run power to in the state.I have been concerned about the meters,since I heard they are wireless which seems ignorent since the power company can create their own internet connection through their power lines instead of going wireless,plus being able to sell high speed internet on the same lines.
I have heard the many stories about bee colonies taking off anywhere near too many wireless connections and dying off for a few years.Are these smart meters always transmitting like a cell phone always being on in talking mode or are they only activated or highest radiation when called to get update on power usage?
Like I said,I can see no reason for having wireless when they can run Internet on their power lines if they wanted to ,the same with all utility companies even if it was only for use for just the smart meters also. Do they have to pay extra fee’s to a wireless carrier to read the meters and pass that on to the consumer also?

By: Laura Chariton

Laura Chariton — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:34:51 +0000

My next door neighbor is a newly appointed CPUC commissioner.
See the You Tube video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI0JJgKkyzs on my property from the LIES that PGE told me. Bat, salmon and bee concerns addressed below.

If you know any attorneys….. P.G.E. never had to file an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Smart Meters and were granted a Categorical Exemption under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) through the CPUC. Because of the effects of RFs and EMFs on certain species such as Salmonids, Bats and insects this should NEVER have happened without studies and a full EIR report that the public could comment on. See the Hedlund vs. SPAWN (2007?) (stands for Salmon Protection and Watershed Network) case for precedent regarding lead agencies not requiring EIRs where there may be significant and cumulative damage to a threatened or endangered species. The judge ruled that a full EIR was necessary and
under CEQA law, no Categorical Exemption allowed. Many bats, salmonids, etc. are threatened or endangered and it is known that their survival is reliant on navigation impacted by RFs and EMFs.

I have 4 bat houses on my house and have seen them regularly for 20 years. Since the Smart Meter the bat numbers are way down and appear to no longer be in any of the previous bat houses. I think they are not here anymore. They used to fly for hours around my house. I am lucky if I see one in several hours and they no longer fly around the area they used to…. near the Smart Meter. Imagine what its doing to human health.

By: palika benton

palika benton — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:04:57 +0000

I am a professional Regenerative Permaculture Educator and Designer, Beekeeper and Bee Educator, as well as Ecological Restoration Consultant and Coach. The wireless meters use technology that has been proven to be a threat to human and animal health. Both honey bees and humans are susceptible to neurological, and cell destruction by wireless technology. I refuse to have the wireless meters on my property and will work to educate and protest their installation or acceptance by the end users despite the addiction to profit at all costs by Utility corps and Government.

I will only accept analog equipment as part of my PG& E services which is a public utility that is supposed to serve the Greater Well Being of all Humans and LIfe. Use your power to do the right thing – protest and refuse technology that is harmful and insist on the peoples right to knowledge and choice and autonomy. Use your power with whatever position you have to restore our endangered planet to health for the next 7 generations.