Smart Meters - Public Service Commission
Smart Meters - Public Service Commission
Smart Meters - Public Service Commission
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I am Toril Jelter, a board certified pediatrician specializing in medical and environmental aspects of autism<br />
related illness. I have health concerns regarding the unbridled roll out of wireless technologies without<br />
adequate health studies before hand. Dear FDA/FCC, I request a moratorium on the <strong>Smart</strong> Meter roll out<br />
ASAP until a proper assessment of health effects has been conducted. Here are a few patient stories for your<br />
review: A 2 year old child can’t sleep at night. He screams inconsolably for hours. When the mother takes the<br />
child away from the SF Bay area to a remote area with poor cell phone reception the child sleeps well every<br />
night and naps as a normal 2 year old would during the day. A 40 year old man with MS & EHS (multiple<br />
sclerosis and electrohypersensitivity) requests no <strong>Smart</strong> Meter. His doctor writes a letter to support this<br />
request. It is granted BUT only temporarily! His 4 neighbors get a <strong>Smart</strong> Meter and he develops such severe<br />
ringing in the ears (tinnitus) that he is no longer able to sleep indoors. He discovers that the only way he can<br />
sleep is to sleep outdoors. (This could be explained by the cumulative effect of EMF in his home + the <strong>Smart</strong><br />
<strong>Meters</strong> next door.) A 45 year old woman with MS has been stable for several years. After installment of a <strong>Smart</strong><br />
Meter she goes down hill rapidly. Depression,flu-like symptoms and severe fatigue. Another woman with MS<br />
50 years old improving. Gets a <strong>Smart</strong> Meter. Gets worse balance, worsening depression. Falls breaks 2 ribs and<br />
punctures a lung. A 10 year old child with high functioning autism gets a <strong>Smart</strong> Meter. His handwriting<br />
deteriorates. He seems more fatigued. He gets flu like symptoms frequently. Looses his appetite. Stops gaining<br />
weight. A 65 year old woman gets a <strong>Smart</strong> Meter, actually 4 at the head of her bed. (condo)She develops severe<br />
tinnitus, sleep disturbance, intermittent confusion, memory problems, heart palpitations and diabetes.<br />
PLEASE HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON READ AND UNDERSTAND<br />
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For anyone who wishes to fight the installation of a <strong>Smart</strong> Meter on their home for medical reasons, I would<br />
like to share my own successful experience. I live in the San Diego area –most of us in California live very close<br />
to our neighbors homes, and unfortunately there is nothing to date we can do to stop installation of their<br />
meters. However, nothing in The Telecommunications Act of 1996 prohibits us from complaining about<br />
health when installing a <strong>Smart</strong> Meter on our own homes. A “<strong>Smart</strong> Meter” is NOT a “wireless facility” [thus<br />
exempted from health concerns] and many of us will be/are being harmed by the unwelcome radiation in our<br />
homes. Do not let your electric company tell you otherwise. Tell them to very carefully read Section 704 of The<br />
Telecommunications Act of 1996 and ask how they would define a <strong>Smart</strong> Meter as a wireless facility – i.e. are<br />
cell phones wireless facilities? Of course not. It defies logic. But be prepared, because that excuse may be<br />
attempted by your electric company. SDG&E tried it –unsuccessfully. Bottom Line: You do have a right to<br />
complain about health concerns, but be prepared to offer solid proof by way of a physician’s documentation.<br />
When I heard SDG&E was going to install <strong>Smart</strong> <strong>Meters</strong> in Rancho Santa Fe, CA I did the following to prevent<br />
installation of a <strong>Smart</strong> Meter on my home.:1) I called and followed-up in writing with SDG&E corporate<br />
office,informing them that I had a heart condition that could be adversely affected by RF radiation. Anyone<br />
who is known to be electro-sensitive should have the same rights as those of us who have heart-related issues.<br />
2) I got a letter from my cardiologist explaining that RF radiation has been known to alter heart rhythms. (But<br />
first I had to educate my cardiologist as to what a <strong>Smart</strong> Meter is and does. I am attaching two documents I<br />
took to my cardiologist.)<br />
* Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 1997 ;70 (1):9-21 9258703<br />
Exposure to extremely-low-frequency<br />
electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation: cardiovascular effects<br />
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