Josh Hart, a 1998 UC Santa Cruz graduate who holds a
master’s degree in transportation planning, is the director
of StopSmartMeters!. He is greatly concerned with the
negative effects the meters may have on life in our
community and on a global scale.
“Smart Meters are having impacts on humans, animals and
plants,” Hart said. “It’s horrific. People are having
symptoms of electrosensitivity such as headaches, fatigue,
depression, sleeplessness but the long term could possibly
even be tumors and cancer.”
Hart said radiation is creating health and environmental
issues that are “actually pushing people out of their homes
and neighborhoods. I know people that have had to leave
their property because of Smart Meter radiation.”
Over the summer, UCSC lecturer and nuclear policy expert
Daniel Hirsch, along with two college students, conducted a
study on the potential health effects of Smart Meters.
Hirsch’s research is in no way associated with the
university. State legislators requested the independent
science base study in an attempt to avoid bias in the data
measurement or conclusions.
The results from testing were inconclusive regarding the
radiation’s health effects. Hirsch’s research found Smart
Meters emit significantly more radiation than the average
cellphone.
“The cumulative whole body exposure from a Smart Meter at
three feet appears to be approximately two orders of
magnitude higher than that of a cellphone, rather than two
orders of magnitude lower,” according to Hirsch’s study,
indicating that the information given out by PG&E was
incorrect.
In January 2011, Watsonville, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley and
Capitola voted against the installation of Smart Meters.
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