...smart meter foes have filed arguments in an appeal with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. The group, led by Ed Friedman of Bowdoinham, is challenging the Maine Public Utilities Commission s dismissal of its complaint that argued the PUC did not...

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http://www.wgme.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.me/38b929a8-www.wgme.com.shtml

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Resident claims smart meters anything but

By Simone Blais

Penticton Western News

One Penticton resident is keen to show the lack of intelligence behind smart meter decisions. Local resident Kevin Proteau made a presentation to Penticton council Monday night in the hopes of generating a...

http://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/news/137215343.html


German meters can spy on homes

German researchers have revealed that smart meters installed at German provider Discovergy are vulnerable to outside attack. Speaking at the Chaos Computing Congress, the two men said they were able to alter rates, get access to consumer...

http://www.smartgridnews.com/artman/publish/Technologies_Metering/German-meters-can-spy-on-homes-4356.html

and

Hackers rewrite smart meter power bill

They intercepted and manipulated the data using Fritzbox! and WireShark and returned to the company a negative energy consumption rate of -106610 kWh

http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/286351,hackers-rewrite-smart-meter-power-bill.aspx


£11bn smart meter plans 'risk fiasco'

MPs warn only energy suppliers will benefit

Consumers will benefit from smart meters only if they understand the opportunity to reduce their energy bills and change their behaviour. So far the evidence on whether they will do so has been inconclusive. Otherwise, the only people who will benefit are the energy suppliers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2087650/11bn-smart-meter-plans-risk-fiasco-MPs-warn-energy-suppliers-benefit.html


The problems with Smart Grids

Thanks for posting our Smart Piece. Unfortunately the early version published in CounterPunch has typos, misspellings and errors. The later version in Energy Bulletin fixed those. Could you please send out the link below to that one and ask people to use it instead?

http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-23/problems-smart-grids


Blake Levitt


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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Online book on smart meters now available

http://www.emfacts.com/2012/01/online-book-on-smart-meters-now-available/


The Problems With Smart Grids: Dumb and Dangerous

http://emfacts.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fde0125885d9f7d82a3668e7d&id=a6e6075dbb&e=50655bac52


Public health official report on smart meters

http://emfacts.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fde0125885d9f7d82a3668e7d&id=9667ed0fe5&e=50655bac52



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Unusual honeybee die-offs have become so severe that some US beekeepers will qualify for disaster relief funds.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/13/honeybee-problem-critical-point?CMP=twt_fd


Rosemary


Could Internet Addiction Disrupt Brain s Connections?

A small Chinese study suggests that the brains of teenagers who are seemingly addicted to the Internet have abnormal ''white matter,'' the biological insulation that surrounds the wiring between neurons.

http://news.yahoo.com/could-internet-addiction-disrupt-brains-connections-000816822.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/addicted-scientists-show-how-internet-dependency-alters-the-human-brain-6288344.html


Charyl


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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How Much Sense do Ecological/Medical Limit Values for Protecting Human Health from Environmental Harm Make?

http://www.heraldrsias.org/online/2011/1/195/


A call for Biologically based exposure standard limits

January 17, 2012

How Much Sense do Ecological/Medical Limit Values for Protecting Human Health from Environmental Harm Make?

Originally published in Russian (2011)

By Dr Karl Hecht

Berlin, Germany

This paper was originally published in 2011 in the Russian Journal Vestnik by Dr. Hecht in order to encourage the members of the Russian section of the International Academy of Sciences, ''to engage in united activities against the pollution of the environment by toxins, radiation, and noise, and to demand limit values, that are not set for individual harmful agents, but based on the complex effects of toxins, radiation and noise.''

Abstract

Over the past 50 years, a rapid increase in chemical harmful agents (toxins) for the environment in air, soil, water, and food, as well as environmental pollution by noise and microwaves (electrosmog) has been noted worldwide. The limit values set for individual harmful agents to protect the public health in different countries are critically evaluated. The conclusion is reached that these limit values do not always offer the necessary protection of human health because industry and politics alike often follow the principle of putting economy before health. Therefore, realistic, scientifically based limit values ought to be strenuously pursued in order to achieve a protection against environmentally caused diseases.

Sub sections (titles only):

A Slow Poisoning Process in Humans Caused by Environmental Toxins?

What Are Limit Values?

Radiation Protection, Chaos and Misdefinitions for More than 80 Years

Roentgen (R) is the Wrong Unit for Medicine!

A Major Danger for Humankind: Environmental Pollution by Electromagnetic Radiation

The Governmental Report was Forced by U.S. Scientists

In the Soviet Union, Early and Wide Ranging Measures Against the «Microwave Syndrome»

Moscow Signal Weaker than Lowest Soviet Union Limit Value

The Ideas for Measuring Individual Electrosensitivity or EMF Overload and for Setting Limit Values


http://www.heraldrsias.ru/download/articles/Hecht.pdf


From Mast Sanity/Mast Network

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A World Without Bees: Declining Colonies Could Threaten the Worlds Food Crops

ThomasNet Industrial News Room

So where are they bees going? According to experts, they are dying, thanks to something called colony collapse disorder (CCD). And while bee biologists say...

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Channel 6 News Online

According to the the study, classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields could possibly be carcinogenic to humans based on ''an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer,'' which has been associated with the use of cell phones...

http://channel6newsonline.com/2011/05/un-study-shows-cell-phone-use-may-increase-cancer-risk/

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WHO warning over mobile tower radiation ignored

It s been 9 months since the WHO warned of a cell phone and mobile tower radiation leading to increased risks of cancer.So what has the government done to...



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Bioassay for assessing cell stress in the vicinity of radio-frequency irradiating antennas

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Cell phones as bad as x-rays

Would you allow 1600 chest x-rays for yourself or your child?

Some scientists say that s what 24 hours of cell phone use amounts to. Here?s visual proof.

http://alternative-doctor.com/cell-phones-as-bad-as-x-rays/


Robert


UW Scientist Henry Lai

UW scientist Dr. Henry Lai never set out to link cell phones to cancer, but his work and efforts to discredit him, suggest that he was on to something. Ironically, with funding for independent research virtually nonexistent, we may never know for sure.

http://www.seattlemag.com/article/nerd-report/nerd-report


David


The hidden danger of touchscreens

... as well as the Wi-Fi radios in various devices. .... Health problems from laptops and mobile devices are probably underreported, in part because people...

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/412135/hidden_danger_touchscreens/


Informant: Martin Weatherall



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