{"id":2853,"date":"2011-06-14T11:41:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T18:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2011-06-14T11:41:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T18:41:22","slug":"meter-emissions-a-who-classified-carcinogen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=2853","title":{"rendered":"Meter emissions a WHO-classified carcinogen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;\"><strong>JUNE 14, 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The more I learn about the Smart Meter Program, the more concerned I become, I regard the plan and the Smart Grid a willful attack on our health by the provincial government and BC Hydro.<\/p>\n<p>A number of reasons to be concerned about Smart Meters exist. There is also an inconsistency in BC Hydro&#8217;s plan to install them. The BC Clean Energy Act (passed and implemented without the consent of the people) requires the meters to be on structures occupied as a private residences and on only the residential portion of a building used for multi-purposes. Section 17 of the act.<\/p>\n<p>Why has BC Hydro recently informed some the meters will be installed on businesses also?<\/p>\n<p>The electro-smog emitted by these meters in concentrated areas will be intolerable for many. Recently, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Rich Coleman, made a big noise about meters supposedly only emitting for 2 minutes a day (independent tests show different data &#8211; the meters are active for much more of the day than 2 minutes).<br \/>\nAssuming Coleman&#8217;s information is correct, a 100-unit building would be emitting for a combined total of 200 minutes a day. This is far in excess of the amount that the World Health Organization has recently said is a Group 2B Carcinogen.<\/p>\n<p>Few will be able to escape the radiation of the meters, the home will no longer be a place of refuge from the outside, BC Hydro, acting beyond the scope of the Act, has opted to remove even the option of the work place as a refuge.<\/p>\n<p>The Clean Energy Act was implemented with blatant disregard for the health of the province&#8217;s residents, and BC Hydro has opted to extend the threat of potential harm on their own accord.<\/p>\n<p>Norm Ryder<br \/>\nSaanichton, B.C.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merrittnews.net\/article\/20110614\/MERRITT0303\/110619991\/-1\/merritt\/meter-emissions-a-who-classified-carcinogen=\">http:\/\/www.merrittnews.net\/article\/20110614\/MERRITT0303\/110619991\/-1\/merritt\/meter-emissions-a-who-classified-carcinogen=<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JUNE 14, 2011 The more I learn about the Smart Meter Program, the more concerned I become, I regard the plan and the Smart Grid a willful attack on our health by the provincial government and BC Hydro. A number of reasons to be concerned about Smart Meters exist. There is also an inconsistency in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,70,17,18,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bchydro","category-blatherwick-2","category-bc","category-smart-meter","category-who"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853","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=2853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2854,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853\/revisions\/2854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}