{"id":8438,"date":"2013-03-28T03:05:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T10:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=8438"},"modified":"2016-09-28T03:07:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T10:07:00","slug":"west-kelowna-man-claims-smart-meters-are-killing-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=8438","title":{"rendered":"West Kelowna man claims Smart Meters are killing him"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Kelly Hayes<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Global News<\/p>\n

They say the problems began after a group of smart meters were installed by BC Hydro in front of their home last year — coincidentally around the same time Jerry had his first stroke.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time people have raised concerns about the health effects of smart meters.<\/p>\n

But an Okanagan man claims the meters may be interfering with an important medical device \u2013 his pacemaker.<\/p>\n

Jerry Smith, 70, of West Kelowna is partially paralyzed as a result of the 10 strokes he\u2019s had since last August.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m scared of getting more strokes. The doctor said I\u2019m a walking time bomb.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith also lost almost 90 pounds and can no longer do anything except lie around.<\/p>\n

Things weren\u2019t always so bleak. Last year, his health actually got better after he had a pacemaker put in.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had more energy,\u201d says Smith\u2019s wife Joyce. \u201cHe felt better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then things began things began to deteriorate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last one (stroke) was a really bad one,\u201d says Joyce.<\/p>\n

Doctors told the couple they weren\u2019t sure why the strokes were happening. But the couple has their own theory.<\/p>\n

They say the problems began after a group of smart meters were installed by BC Hydro in front of their home last year \u2014 coincidentally around the same time Jerry had his first stroke.<\/p>\n

They believe the smart meters are interfering with his pacemaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey (BC Hydro) put the smart meters in and when I came home from the hospital I just felt myself going downhill. I had another stroke,\u201d says Smith.<\/p>\n

In recent years there have been numerous anti-smart meter campaigns not only in B.C., but across North America.
\nAnd despite overwhelming evidence by public health officials, Health Canada and even the World Health Organization \u2014 labeling smart meters safe, there are still many who feel otherwise. But BC Hydro insists they\u2019re safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had an independent consulting firm study smart meters and how frequently they\u2019re communicating and that study showed they communicate on average of 1.4 seconds per day,\u201d says BC Hydro spokesman Dag Sharman. \u201cNot only is the frequency insignificant, but they\u2019re not on very often at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

BC Hydro will be sending a group of engineers to conduct tests on Smith\u2019s meters next week.<\/p>\n

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By\u00a0Kelly Hayes\u00a0\u00a0Global News They say the problems began after a group of smart meters were installed by BC Hydro in front of their home last year — coincidentally around the same time Jerry had his first stroke. It\u2019s not the first time people have raised concerns about the health effects of smart meters. But an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,17,103,3,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bchydro","category-bc","category-canada","category-health_and_safety","category-kelowna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8438","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=8438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8439,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8438\/revisions\/8439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}