Maintenance call ignites emotional standoff About ten of us tried to talk the owners out of accepting the smart meter after their meter glass cracked and Hydro insisted they didn’t have any more analogue or digital meters left to replace it. The owners were insistent that they didn’t want a smart meter (they even had a […]
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Hydro refuses to pay for two fires, first after a smart meter was installed, and a second replacement smart meter triggered a second fire. All the appliances were damaged.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles restaurant is offering a deal to customers who agree to look at their fellow diners instead of their phone screens. Eva Restaurant is giving a 5 percent discount to customers who will leave their cellphones with staff when they are seated. Owner Mark Gold told KPCC radio […]
No end to debate over Wi-Fi health effects as Toronto doctor treats hypersensitive patients By Steve Mertl | Daily Brew – Mon, 13 Aug, 2012 CBC photo. Could the guys in the tinfoil hats be right? As society’s dependence on wireless technologies grows, the concern that there are health risks attached to the saturation of the […]
By Hayley Tsukayama Mobile phone exposure limits and testing requirements should be reassessed, according to a Government Accountability Office study released Tuesday. The study, the culmination of a year-long review done at the urging of lawmakers, comes at a time of heightened concern about the possible impact of cellphone radiation on human health. Its findings […]
What GAO Found Scientific research to date has not demonstrated adverse human health effects of exposure to radio-frequency (RF) energy from mobile phone use, but research is ongoing that may increase understanding of any possible effects. In addition, officials from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as well […]
Taking Back Our Power
Aug 5
Letter to Editor, Gulf Islands Driftwood July 30, 2012 This will attempt to correct misinformation presented in a “Viewpoint” article which apparently relied on government and industry information to claim that radiofrequency/microwave radiation – EMR – is supposedly safe. This is also to refute some of the misrepresentation found in the letter to the editor […]
MBABANE – Taiwanese legislators ordered the removal of 1 500 mobile phone masts stating that homes and schools must not be exposed to the risk of radiation. The radiation emitted by mobile phone base stations could cause cancer, miscarriages, and could even drive people to suicide. The action by the Taiwanese government was one of […]
The Rise of the Smart Grid
Jul 30
Obama’s plan for a state-of-the-art electrical grid is gaining power bit by digital bit By MICHAEL GRUNWALD | July 26, 2012 http://business.time.com/2012/07/26/obamas-smart-electrical-grid-plan/ Washington, America’s power center, recently experienced life without power—the kind that gets generated, not the kind that gets wielded. After a nasty storm knocked out the Beltway’s electricity for days during a heat […]
by Roger Toutant – Civil Liberties – Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada – July 25, 2012 We have all heard the hype about the “smart grid” and it goes something like this: North Americans are using too much energy. Consequently, the energy grid is under great stress and may fail. Our only hope is […]
