Smart Meters - Public Service Commission

without agonizing pain. I have been in pain ever since and also got a very bad cold. I also developed an odd
problem called Phantosmia, in which you can smell something that isn’t there (in my case cigarette smoke
which I am allergic to). I am EMF sensitive but I have never felt as ill as I do now. I was completely functioning
before, whereas after these Meters were installed I just feel awful all the time. S.G. San Diego CA
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Last week our power company in NE Arizona put a new digital meter on our house. The meter was supposed
to remain in a silent mode and not transmit unless someone sent a signal to it from the highway to activate it
and get the reading.
Over the next 6 hours I gradually got very sick from the meter. The symptoms were a vise grip headache,
nervousness, horrible brain fog (after 3 days I was unable to complete a sentence), total insomnia, stomach
rolling and nausea. The meter seemed to run in on the current and I began to have reactions to my electric
stove and other electrical appliances that I had not been bothered by before.
After a couple of plea’s from my husband, the power company made a decision to return our meter to analog. I
had immediate relief in some symptoms, but others took several hours to go away. Due to a weekend and
Monday holiday, it took a week to get the meter removed. I was so sick by then I was worried it would leave me
highly sensitive to emf’s. After 24 hours I seemed to be ok, however. These meters are not safe! Anonymous in
Arizona
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In July 2010, SDG&E installed Smart Meters in my condo complex. I own a townhouse that is situated in
clusters: 8 units per cluster. Therefore 16 Smart Meters were installed in the utilites shed outside my
kitchen/bedroom walls, ten feet away.
I began having symptoms of head burning and pressure on my chest within a few days. As time progressed the
symtoms worsened. I had severe burning in my head and headaches of a new type. I starting having
palpitations, arrythmias and flutter. I called SDG& E. Three people including an engineer and the director of
the Smart Meter program came to my home, spent an hour talking and photgraphing the meters. They took no
measurements of the radiation, though they said they would on the phone. The next day SDG&E informed me
that they would not be replacing the meters with the analogue meters. They assured me that they are
concerned about people’s health.
By six weeks in, my cardiac symptoms were so severe and erratic that I had to move out. I rented an
apartment, which turned out to be unsafe as well. The Smart Meters are everywhere. With the intensification
of my symptoms, I have become EMF/RF sensitive and now have the above problems around cell towers, Wi-Fi
and other sources, accompanied by skin rashes and burning.
I am being evaluated by a cardiologist. I have always had a strong, healthy heart, even told so by doctors. The
cardiologist has sent me for an evaluation by a neurologist as well.
Five people have reported symptoms in my home: My father has experienced headaches and visual migraines.
My mother reported having pressure on the upper part of her chest and palpitations. One neighbor exposed to
these 16 cluster meters is experiencing headaches and chest tightness. Another neighbor has difficulty opening
her eyes in the mornings after 8 hours by the meters. Her ophthalmologist could find no explanation. She said
she uses her fingers to open her lids. All of the above symptoms have occurred since the smart meter
installations. The symptoms are worsening for everyone.
I am running scared living this nightmare. I don’t know where to live and fear for my well-being. I already have
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