My friend Stanley Fishman, author of the acclaimed cookbooks Tender Grassfed Meat and Tender Grassfed Barbecue, lives in California and, like many folks around the United States, has been dealing with the physical stress of having a smart meter installed at his home against his will.
The option to use an analog meter and have this health sucking device removed from one’s home has only recently become available in some localities. Unfortunately, the pace of getting them removed has been painfully slow in some cases.
Whether you are waiting your turn to get your smart meter removed or still fighting for the right to opt out in the first place, here are some steps you can take based on what Stanley discovered to proactively protect yourself from a smart meter’s harmful effects.
1. Q-Links. A Q-Link is a pendent that has been designed to strengthen the electromagnetic field of the body. The electromagnetic field generated by our bodies does protect against emissions. It was designed by a Stanford academic who specializes in the study of fine energies.
The Q-Link contains certain metals and a computer chip, and is powered by being worn. This sounds strange, and some may consider it to be hokum. But it really did help Stanley, who ended up wearing it almost 24/7.
There are a variety of Q-Links available. Some can be quite expensive, as they are made for decorative purposes as well, though the basic no frills model is much cheaper. All models work the same, except there is the classic version and a more modern version that is supposed to work better.
In Stanley’s opinion based on his research, the difference between the two is hard to find. In summary, the cheapest model is very helpful, and there is no need to buy the expensive decorative models. The link comes with a cord that works fine, and there is no need to get a gold or silver chain. Stanley feels the Q-Link was the most effective protection he and his wife found against the smart meter installed at their home.
2. Metal. Find out where the meter is and place a lot of metal between it and your home. This is difficult to do, as the meter is usually attached to one of your walls. The idea is to place some metal shielding between yourself and the meter. The meter emits dangerous EMFs in a fan shaped curve, so it is best to have metal for a number of feet to the sides of your wall directly opposite the meter.
Stanley’s meter was opposite the kitchen, directly opposite some kitchen cupboards. He tried foil, that did no good. Eventually, he placed a number of old aluminum pans in the cupboards opposite the meter, propping them up so they formed a shield. This did help, but not as much as the Q-Link.
3. Distance. The closer you are to the meter, the more emissions you get. Every foot makes a significant difference. Be sure that everyone sleeps as far from the meter as possible, and spend as little time in close proximity to the meter as possible. This can be quite difficult, depending on the layout of your home. It is also best to stay away from the meter when you are outdoors. Stanley ended up spending most of his time in the end of his house that was furthest from the meter. The further away you are from the meter, the better.
Ultimately, Stanley tried many other things as well, but the above three strategies were the only ones that made a difference.
None of them solved the problem completely, but using all three of them did help a great deal. There are a lot of expensive devices that are supposed to protect against smart meters and dirty electricity. After evaluating them, Stanley was not confident that they would help, so he did not try them. Other people may have found other ways that help, but this is what he found.
The best protection is, of course, to get the smart meter removed or never have it installed in the first place – to opt out. The more of your neighbors that opt out, the better for everyone, as smart meters bounce signals from house to house. At least getting the smart meter out ends the dirty electricity problems, and will usually put you a lot further from a smart meter, and ends the transmission of your power usage.
This is not true for everybody, as people who live in apartment buildings can be near too many smart meters, as often the meters for every apartment in the building are placed together, often concentrated near one or two apartments.
Thank you Stanley, for providing your wisdom to all of us. There are many people out there struggling with health issues related to their smart meter, and hopefully these strategies can help them until they are able to move or opt out of those unhealthy devices once and for all!
Note: If the health dangers of smart meters is new to you, click here for information on smart meters from a Harvard MD who has worked in the area of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and public health for over 18 years.
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
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I’m not going to go into a lot of detail, but my husband and I were sleeping withing 3 feet of a smart meter that was right outside our bedroom window for 6 years before we connected his chronic fatigue and my chronic hives to it. We found that you could filter the radiation by up to 98% with a fine screen over the meter. First we made one ourselves. Take 3 pieces of aluminum window screen 12″x 12″, place them on each other and turn them each slightly to make a very fine screen. We wrapped them over the dome of the meter and fastened them with a zip lock. This worked as we bought a meter to read the radiation exposure before and after. Later we bought a stainless steel one on the internet. We also invested in a conditioner box for our main electrical board to reduce EMFs and small outlet ones for each circuit to reduce EMFs to a safe level. Did it work?…well I no longer have my hives! We were too ill and could not take the stress of dealing with the electric company. However, I do plan to deal with them in the near future so they know the damage they have caused us. We are in Webster Groves, MO.
It’s all a SCAM, the power Natzis don’t give a rat’s ass about your health and wellness. I don’t have a smart meter as of yet. I kill the power at the box each night, and sleep better than I have in years. Keep pushing back any way possible. Start keeping the power to your home shut off at the panel as often as you can. God Bless…….
I am also concerned about smart meters but some comments here are not far from the truth. Your wifi routers emit way MORE radiation than the smart meters. How do I know this? Because I invested in a Cornet tri-meter. It measures both RF and low. I have used it around the new house we purchased. Of course we are close to 2 neighbors, both sides and gladly, their meters dont emit as much radiation as ours. Which is not good because ours is on the same side as our bedroom, the master bedroom. Fortunately it is on the far right side, and my Cornet tells me it is still safe. I measure my neighbors, which are about 20 feet from us, and the signals are only strong if you are less than 6 feet from them, even less. NOW…the wifi router…that thing is strong and worse than the smart meter! My Cornet goes ballistic even if I’m 12 feet away from it! So I’d say, worry more about the wifi router. I am sure we only turn it on if we absolutely need it. And many people have those in the rooms where they sleep!!!
Well we opted out 3 weeks ago and was told about the extra fee which we excepted. We did not want this on our home. Well we paid our bill 4 days ago and they just shut off our electricity. So when my husband called to let them know this and to have them turn it back on, they one wanted to charge us a reconnection fee for their error and two let us know that we had indeed been given smart meters anyway without us even knowing. Now that they are in and they could not find any record of being put on the opt out list, they told us that it has not been approved yet to reinstall the analog meters. It’s a scam. They are all just trying to fool us into believing we have a choice. My husband and I are so saddened by the meet fact that no matter how green and clean we strive to live we can not even have a choice in our homes. We will do as many of Year things as possible. I have two little girls and a baby boy and love a very conscious life. I am so disappointed in our society. To take our choice away after telling us we supposedly have one. They blind sided us and now we can’t undo it.
How can we reverse this on a grander scale ?
Is the any legal action one can take when threatened with higher rates if you don’t allow them to endanger your health when their priority is profits over health and forced customers?
How can you know if you have a smart meter on your home or not? Also my daughter-in-law has suffered several miscarriages and then my son in his research found that their apartment building had 5 smart meters outside their bedroom wall. They have now moved. Will being exposed to these smart meters wear off allowing my daughter-in-law to hopefully be able to have a baby? Will these smart meters effect my son as well? I have not seen anything on TV about these smart meters. How long has it been since they have discovered these problems and what is being done to stop these killers from being installed on homes and in apartment building and businesses. This is very disturbing to me.
How far from a bedroom does the meter have to be? We are in a mobile home park that is putting them in. We have no choice on the meters.
how far does a person have to be to avoid absorbing any radiation from a smart meter
who has ever arrived home to find the power has been out all day. these smart meters are designed to call the power co. when power is off. it provides shorter outage time. And I like my smart meter.
A great way to drastically reduce the RF Radiation emitted by Smart meters is to install an RF Meter Shield. The RF Meter Shield is the easy and inexpensive way for protection from potentially harmful RF & EMF radiation emitted by smart meters (A.K.A. advanced meters). Simply slip the RF Meter Shield over the smart meter’s glass globe and the RF & EMF radiation is reduced by over 80%. The RF Meter Shield also prevents Wi-Fi interference.