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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Where we live you have NO choice about having a “SMART” meter! The government has forced every home into having one. 🙁
Ugh we have one of these things on the back of our house and I can hear it buzzing ALL the time!!! It’s horrible!! My sleep quality has steadily declined since we moved in. 🙁
beware of Qlinks…I have been told by reputable sources the product is not what is claimed…people need to know their science about how things work to know what they are getting.
I am thankful I had the choice to opt out, but the $15/month the utility co is charging to manually read my meter is annoying. While my kiddos are small though I feel like it is worth it
“smart meters bounce signals from house to house ” …. so no matter what you do, you can’t get away from them ???
You can also put a tensor ring around the meter. Very simple, yet very powerful. We are beings of resonance, harmful frequencies wreak havoc on organisms.
I was working in my yard when the electric company pulled on with the intention of changing my meter. We were never informed that they were making the changes. I said not to change it and the man tried to explain that it was NOT a smart meter. I told him I was not uneducated about it, so he told me he would pass us up but in a couple of years, we would not have an option…
We built our house in 2005. We have a digital meter – which I assume- its a smart meter- could I get mine switched to an analog meter? Are the laws different for each state? I’m in WV
I can believe the dangers of a meter emitting harmful rays… but I don’t believe that wearing some hokey pendant will stop it. Buying in to that? Talk about sheep…
One idea but will take some thinking on how to do it safelty …. Lead sheets are easy to buy. Amazon even lists them. It takes very little to shield alot. Doesn’t have to be thick at all. I put some around a little cardboard box and slid my phone in and called it and it was totally shielded (blocked). So ? How to do it safetly. Well I would wear gloves, perhaps the throw away medical ones. I thought of laying out the sheets on newspaper and laying contact paper on both sides and around the edges. Would seal it in nicely. Can wash the contact paper after wrapping it to be extra careful. Tack to wall the meter is on. Maybe even go so far as to put it around the sides of the meter outside with duct or electrical tape to keep the signal only going straight out the front where they need it.