{"id":15779,"date":"2019-09-05T12:53:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T19:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=15779"},"modified":"2019-09-05T12:57:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T19:57:50","slug":"woman-wrapped-tin-foil-around-bc-hydro-meter-to-prevent-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=15779","title":{"rendered":"Woman wrapped tin foil around BC Hydro meter to prevent pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-header\">\n<header class=\"td-post-title\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">By Jeremy Hainsworth<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\"><span class=\"td-post-date\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2019-08-30T13:40:41+00:00\">August 30, 2019<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-sharing td-post-sharing-top \">\n<div class=\"td-default-sharing\">\n<div class=\"td-social-but-text\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-content\">\n<h4 id=\"pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag\"><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_309761\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309761\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309761 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.vancouverisawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/30134003\/smart-meter.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.vancouverisawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/30134003\/smart-meter.jpg 700w, https:\/\/assets.vancouverisawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/30134003\/smart-meter-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets.vancouverisawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/30134003\/smart-meter-590x360.jpg 590w, https:\/\/assets.vancouverisawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/30134003\/smart-meter-696x425.jpg 696w, https:\/\/assets.vancouverisawesome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/30134003\/smart-meter-689x420.jpg 689w\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-309761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B.C.\u2019s Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that a B.C. woman can\u2019t prove her smart electrical meter is causing serious health issues. File photo Times Colonist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A B.C. woman can\u2019t prove her smart electrical meter is causing \u201cmany, very serious, symptoms she describes\u201d and would have a problem proving BC Hydro discriminating against her by installing one at her house, B.C.\u2019s Human Rights Tribunal has ruled.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Roadhouse said she has electromagnetic sensitivity triggered by radiation emitted by the smart meter BC Hydro installed at her residence. She said the requirement to have such a meter discriminated against her on the basis of a disability.<\/p>\n<p>BC Hydro argued the meter has its radio turned off and does not transmit, emit, or receive radio waves resulting in a \u201cstatistically insignificant level of radiation,\u201d and that there is no evidence is triggers Roadhouse\u2019s symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>The meters came into widespread usage in B.C. in 2013 after a law was passed requiring their use to improve BC Hydro\u2019s ability to accurately measure and manage electricity consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Users were allowed to have legacy meters until they expired or replacement stock ran out.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2018, Roadhouse\u2019s meter expired. She was told she could have a meter with the transmitter off, the Aug. 22 decision from Devyn Cousineau said.<\/p>\n<p>Roadhouse posted a doctor\u2019s note at the meter site saying she is \u201cadversely affected by electromagnetic radiation with symptoms as plugged left ear, stabbing pains right side of head, eye irritation, facial burning, jaw pains, muscle aches, heart palpitations and insomnia. She states that when she goes to the interior off the grid she does not experience these symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new meter was installed without her consent next to a bedroom wall.<\/p>\n<p>She said as soon as it was installed \u201cmy legs felt heavy like lead, my heart pounded + my head was swimming. I was affected from the top of my head to the soles of my feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She later wrapped the meter in aluminum foil but says that the symptoms persisted. She says that she has not been able to sleep since the radio\u2010off meter was installed.<\/p>\n<p>She filed the human rights complaint in November 2018.<\/p>\n<p>BC Hydro argued the tribunal had adjudicated other similar complaints and dismissed them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn each case, the tribunal has dismissed the complaints on the basis that there was no evidence capable of proving a connection between the wireless technology and the symptoms which the complainants were suffering,\u201d the decision said.<\/p>\n<p>The utility did not dispute the fact that Roadhouse may have a disability. What is said would cause her claim to fail was an inability to link the disability to the meter.<\/p>\n<p>The decision quoted a previous decision, stating: \u201cthere is currently no scientific basis to conclude there is a connection between [electromagnetic] exposure and causality, exacerbation or simply reawakening of dormant [electrohypersensitivity] symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the mainstream consensus that radiation emitted by Smart Meters with their radio-frequency function turned on does not adversely impact human health, Ms. Roadhouse will require expert evidence to establish that her Radio\u2010Off Meter is the source of her suffering,\u201d Cousineau said. \u201cThe notes written by Ms. Roadhouse\u2019s doctor are insufficient for this purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cousineau also dismissed a so-called expert report on electro hypersensitivity from a man with a \u201cBachelor of Science, an amateur radio license, and an interest in studying and investigating problems related to radiofrequency radiation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have explained that a person\u2019s personal enthusiasm for a topic does not qualify them as an expert,\u201d Cousineau said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>source :\u00a0https:\/\/www.vancouverisawesome.com\/2019\/08\/30\/woman-wrapped-tin-foil-bc-hydro-meter-pain-tribunal\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeremy Hainsworth August 30, 2019 &nbsp; B.C.\u2019s Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that a B.C. woman can\u2019t prove her smart electrical meter is causing serious health issues. File photo Times Colonist A B.C. woman can\u2019t prove her smart electrical meter is causing \u201cmany, very serious, symptoms she describes\u201d and would have a problem proving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,17,209,392,391,402,210,395,378,382,226,208],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bchydro","category-bc","category-dizziness","category-eye-pain","category-eye-problems","category-flu-like-symptoms","category-headaches","category-heart-palpitations","category-insomnia","category-irritability","category-mission","category-symptoms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15779"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15781,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15779\/revisions\/15781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}