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February 2013 Newsletter
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Dear Friends: 


In January, briefs were filed in the CPUC Smart Meter opt-out proceeding.  EMF Safety Network filed an opening brief and a reply brief.  Along with a few other parties, we support a no cost op-out,
and continue to request that shareholders pay. While some groups call for a lower fee of $3-7, the utilities are still asking for more. 

After three years of keeping Smart Meters out of Sebastopol, PG&E is now deploying in town.  The installers drive small white trucks with a green Wellington Energy logo.  However it seems they are afraid of cameras and simply pack their tools and drive away when questioned.

If you live in Sebastopol help us keep Smart Meters out by approaching them, and join us tonight at the Sebastopol Council meeting 6pm at the Teen Center to speak at public comments about banning Smart Meters.  
 
I want to clarify about the new recommended BioInitiative 2012 Report safety guideline as reported by Cindy Sage-- who will be on KPFA 94.1 today, February 5,  at 1 pm with Layna Berman--- taking about the report.  In the last newsletter I misunderstood the new recommended levels and here is a clarification by Cindy Sage:

"A reduction from the BioInitiative 2007 recommendation of 0.1 uW/cm2 for cumulative outdoor pulsed RFR down to something three orders of magnitude lower is justified in 2012 on a public health basis. A precautionary action level of 0.0003 uW/cm2 to 0.0006 uW/cm2 is suggested.

 

Applying a ten-fold reduction to the 'effects level' reported in short-term studies or studies on adults is intended to compensate for the lack of long-term exposure in a particular study, or to adjust for using adult studies in considering children as a sensitive subpopulation."

  

A new film has been released called Resonance and I highly recommend it!   

 

Finally, although this is short notice, The EMR Policy Institute is calling for comments in an FCC proceeding, which are due Wednesday, February 6.  For directions on how to file comments click here

 
Gratefully,  

Sandi  

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Briefs Filed:  CPUC Smart Meter Proceeding 

 

 In January EMF Safety Network filed this opening brief in the Smart Meter proceeding A.11-03-014.  This brief provides a good summary of the issues, please read and circulate it.  To review other parties filings in this proceeding click here. We continue to request a no cost opt-out and shareholders pay any costs.  A few parties also support no cost and shareholders pay some if not all costs.  

 

The Utility Reform Network (TURN) changed it's public position radically, from boycott the meters and require 50% shareholder responsibility, to individuals should pay to have analog meters.  However in its opening brief TURN has now reduced what it thinks customers should pay down to $5 a month.  The Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA) did not address cost allocation specifically, although they recommend similar rates ($7).  Aglet Consumer Alliance is advocating for no cost for medical conditions, but for all others he suggests individuals pay $30 and $3 a month. 


 A conclusion to this proceeding is expected by Spring.
 
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Chasing off Smart Meter installers in Sebastopol  

 

Wellington, a company contracted by PG&E, is installing Smart Meters in Sebastopol despite the fact that Sebastopol has asked for a moratorium twice; that Sebastopol council supports a Smart Meter community wide opt out; and that the CPUC has a proceeding pending to investigate the possibility of community opt-out.

  

Yesterday morning residents at Burbank Heights and Orchards (senior housing community) and Sebastopol residents chased off an installer, who admitted he had only two weeks training and was not an electrical contractor, which is a requirement for FCC safety conditions.  83% of the residents there opposed the meters.  As he was leaving he said  he was going to file a police report, and when I brought the camera out he got in his truck and left.

 

Two more Wellington trucks installing gas smart meters were on Murphy Street. When I approached the two men they did not respond or answer any of questions.  They eventually packed up their stuff and left, putting the analog gas meter back together. Here's the video: http://youtu.be/LT7llFXYP8M  

 

Full article here.  

 

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NEW MOVIE:  RESONANCE 

 

Watch this new movie RESONANCE
Directed by James Russell.

"This spectacular documentary uncovers for the very first time, the actual mechanisms by which mobile phone technology can cause cancer. And, how every single one of us is reacting to the biggest change in environment this planet has ever seen."

"Not only are we surrounded by natural frequencies, our bodies are filled with them too. Our cells communicate using electro magnetic frequencies. Our brain emits a constant stream of frequencies and our DNA delivers instructions, using frequency waves. Without them we couldn't exist for more than a second.

This delicate balance has taken billions of years to perfect. But over the last 25 years the harmony has been disturbed. and disturbed dramatically.  Mankind has submerged itself in an ocean of artificial frequencies. They are all around us, filling the air and drowning out the earth's natural resonance."
 
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DONATIONS  

Donations can be sent online through Paypal, or by sending a check to EMF Safety Network.  PO Box 1016, Sebastopol CA 95473.  Click here to donate

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EMF Safety Network Contact Information
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e:  [email protected] 
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