{"id":2481,"date":"2011-04-12T09:14:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T16:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2011-04-19T09:17:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T16:17:21","slug":"wireless-meter-needs-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=2481","title":{"rendered":"Wireless meter needs attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peace Arch News:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bclocalnews.com\/opinion\/letters\/119730189.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">http:\/\/www.bclocalnews.com\/opinion\/letters\/119730189.html<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published:\u00a0April 12, 2011 3:00 PM<\/p>\n<h1>Wireless meter needs attention<\/h1>\n<p>Do \u2018smart meters\u2019 pose a health hazard?<\/p>\n<p>People who are sensitive to the effects of electromagnetic radiation have the freedom to limit cellphone use or choose a wired computer connection, but smart meters take away the choice to manage radiation exposure even in our own home.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people in Canada and the U.S. have reported symptoms from smart meters, ranging from headaches and insomnia to heart palpitations and seizures.\u00a0Dozens of local governments in the U.S. have taken the evidence of health problems seriously enough to demand a halt to smart-meter installation.<\/p>\n<p>Do smart meters pose a health hazard for everyone? It\u2019s a valid question and there is certainly enough research to indicate caution until we have the answer. One thing is certain: smart meters are making some people sick, and that should be of concern to everyone.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A. Churchill, Surrey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peace Arch News: http:\/\/www.bclocalnews.com\/opinion\/letters\/119730189.html Published:\u00a0April 12, 2011 3:00 PM Wireless meter needs attention Do \u2018smart meters\u2019 pose a health hazard? People who are sensitive to the effects of electromagnetic radiation have the freedom to limit cellphone use or choose a wired computer connection, but smart meters take away the choice to manage radiation exposure even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,58,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ami-smart-meter","category-bchydro","category-bc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481","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=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions\/2486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}