Author Archives: melissalevine

If You Received a Flyer on Your Doorstep or are New to this Site

If you received a flyer on your doorstep or if you just came across this blog via a search engine, I would like to welcome you to the site and also, if this subject is unfamiliar, to the  topic of … Continue reading

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Allan Frey, Modulation and Microwave Radiation Crossing the Blood Brain Barrier

The information for this blog post is from a GQ article written by Christopher Ketcham in 2010 called “Warning: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health.” It is beautifully written (very clear prose) and I am closely paraphrasing … Continue reading

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Edison Makes Irvine a “Living Laboratory”; Receives almost 40 Million in Special Federal Grant Monies

According to the U.S. government’s official disclosure website, Recovery.gov, Rosemead based Southern California Edison applied for and received three grants totaling $39,621,208 to make the City of Irvine (their exact words) “a living laboratory” to test out their Smart Grid … Continue reading

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Facebook Campaign: One Million Hits for Dr. Devra Davis Talk

I posted this on Facebook and invite others to share: This video by Dr. Devra Davis needs to be viewed by everyone. Please share. It applies to cell phones, Wi Fi (which needs to be out of our schools yesterday; … Continue reading

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NBC News (Video) on Smart Meter Forum

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Smart-Meter-Critics-Say-Devices-Are-Not-Smart-Or-Safe-133669863.html The utility company spokesperson  said their Smart Meters have no health effect,  yet that woman has to wrap foil around her head at night to deflect the pulses.  There is scientific confirmation, a double blind study,  showing physical effect … Continue reading

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Cindy Sage, Glendale Smart Meter Forum

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Field Test Showing Radiation Peaks from Bank of Smart Meters

Field Study measuring the “peaks” of radiation from a bank of Smart Meters.  The government uses the average. But according to Magda Havas, PHD of Trent University, Canada, this gives a “false low reading.”  “Engineers like to measure averages but … Continue reading

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New Study: Does this Mean School (if it has Wi Fi) Makes Kids Stupid?

New research by Russian Academy of Scientists: Cell Phone Use in Children and Cognitive Decline I wonder what this says about the industrial grade Wi Fi  that is in our schools.  The experts say there have been few actual studies … Continue reading

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“You’re Not Prohibited by Them from Doing the Right Thing, Are you?”

Last night’s Irvine City Council meeting was extremely interesting even though there were fewer “Smart” Meter speakers than at the 10/25/11 City Council meeting.   It was interesting because of a question Councilmember Larry Agran posed to Southern California Edison representative, … Continue reading

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Former CIA Director James Woolsey On Smart Grid

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Irvine City Council, Public Comments, 6:30 Tonight

Tonight is the Irvine City Council meeting; and, if you can, please come. It is quite possible that Mrs. Buttress, representative for Southern California Edison, may show up and speak during public comments as she did last week at the … Continue reading

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Karl Maret Interview Health Impact Of Smart Meters

1. New Radio Interview with Dr. Karl Maret, FYI 2. I recommend this video starting at about 24 minutes over the above radio interview if you only have time to view one.  It is more comprehensive talk (with a lot … Continue reading

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Stop Smart Meters Forum, Thursday, November 10th

Join us this Thursday, November 10th at 7pmfor the Southern California SMART METER Public Forum Location:  Glendale Moose Lodge, 357 W. Arden Avenue, Glendale, CA   91203Drivers:  If you would like to join our carpooling group, please send an email to … Continue reading

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Microwave Versus Smart Meter Radiation: Apples and Oranges

Utility companies which claim that the Smart Meters are safe  compare the Smart Meter to other household devices such as the microwave, which may emit much higher radiation.  However, Dr. Karl Maret (an MD with degrees in electrical and biomedical … Continue reading

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Smart Meter Gone Wild

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Complaint to Calif. Public Utilities Commission Re: Smart Meters

Submitted by Melissa Levine, November 4, 2011 Southern California Edison started installing Smart Meters in our Turtle Rock/Turtle Ridge neighborhood on October 17, 2011.  Neither we (nor a great many of our neighbors) received or saw any notice from SCE.  … Continue reading

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“EmPowered”

11/2/11 Wednesday, (From My Desk: Watched Video Feed) A curious thing happened at the 11/1/11 Tustin City Council meeting.   An Edison representative, Pat Buttress, spoke during the  “public comments” section, that part of the council meeting where usually residents, … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Kelley Talk on Smart Meters

Elizabeth Kelley, M.A.,  gives an excellent overview type of  talk about Smart Meters, which is helpful for newcomers to this topic. She gives a brief history of the planning of the “smart grid,” and talks about how it “was launched … Continue reading

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April Love

I have to say I have been wondering about including  “Irvine” as part of the name of this blog (because this issue is not limited to Irvine, and this website is for anyone, anywhere, who is concerned about Smart Meters) … Continue reading

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The RF Analyzer Arrived

The RF analyzer came yesterday, the HF 35C by Gigahertz Solutions. Its name reminds me of The Nimbus 2000. Like Potter’s broom (or wand for that matter), it feels a bit numinous, like it has some special power.  When I … Continue reading

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Why He Loves His Smart Meter

From Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Article comment by: conrad bruggmann “I love my smart meter. We had a bee colony close to my meter. When the APS guys came to put in the smart meter, I … Continue reading

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Manufacturer Confirms Smart Meters Emit RF Radiation 24/7

This is an excellent site. Boy, are they fighting the good fight in Burbank. http://burbankaction.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/if-california-puc-supports-the-return-of-the-analog-meters-why-cant-burbank/ Two Points from this article and video. 1. CPUC President Michael Peevey telling this customer who had headaches that he could get his analog meter … Continue reading

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Link, Dr. Blank’s Talk, EMF’s Effect on DNA

Dr. Blank gives a dynamic, very clear presentation (which is helpful for non science majors) about how electromagnetic fields affect cells and can cause DNA damage. We need our DNA to be healthy our entire lives, he says, not just … Continue reading

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