HUNDREDS of householders fearing ill effects from the
controversial smart meters have resorted to coating
their homes in electromagnetic shielding paint.
One, an Ormond doctor, says she resorted to the paint
because, although she doesn't have a smart meter herself,
meters in her street were making her ill.
Dr Frederica Lamech said the meters were rolled out
in her area in February, and now she had had to take sick
leave from her Aspendale Gardens practice and would likely
have to sell her home.
Her debilitating health problems include continuous
palpitations, chest pain, lethargy, dizziness, fainting, and
insomnia, she said.
"I am not able to function," she said.
"I can't work. I can't look after my family and I
need my husband, now the only breadwinner, to take care of
me," Dr Lamech told Mordialloc Chelsea Leader.
YShield Electromagnetic Radiation Shielding general
manager David Mould said it had painted hundreds of houses
since the smart meter rollout began.
"We've done four houses this week, in Ormond, East
Bentleigh and St Kilda," Mr Mould said.
"Demand is so high we're having to book jobs weeks in
advance."
Stop Smart Meters Australia spokesman Marc Florio
demanded the State Government follow the lead of the British
Government, which was reportedly planning to make the
installation of smart meters voluntary.
Government spokesman Emily Broadbent said the meters
were safe.
Their radiofrequency emissions were weaker than those
of many household devices.
Ms
Broadbent said the World Health Organization had determined
electromagnetic hypersensitivity was not a medical
diagnosis.
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