You owe the Editor an apology.

The link to the full Northeast document is given at the end of my letter. Anyone can read it and verify what I have written is true.

Submitted on 2014/03/04 at 9:05 am P Seeley Council Tosses Sedona Under Tax Revenue Bus

I have never seen the likes ot this scare campaign, which was in fact begun by a Teamsters local who were protecting meter reader jobs and it mushroomed. People love hysteria and conspiracies. The latest masterful editing job of Northeast Utilities’ review of an opt in-opt out program for “smart” meters is quite an artful unfortunately successful job of selecting out words and phrases to make it appear that the utility was not in favor of the installations. Quite the contrary.

The Electric Power Research Institute program 62 for health and safety has spent many years and millions of dollars investigating health claims and is not shy about telling its utility members what the science actually says. Unfortunately, most of the public never made it into college physics so they don’t really understand how science establishes exposure and what risk is. In fact the electric power industry is far ahead of its counterparts in oil and gas in addressing public and consumer health issues.

This issue just totally lacks merit. It is simply an issue of dosage quantity, duration and distance. Your digital dishwasher, clock radio, and digital TV and other devices with digital displays are have far higher exposures and are right next to you , on all the time. Radio frequencies are around us all the time–there were scare stories about the unseen and hazardous radio waves in the 1930′s. They are not hazardous either. If you are really concerned you should be after the city council to prevent business establishments from having WIFI routers in public places, or to eliminate cell phone towers. They are not hazardous either. IN fact Van Allen when asked about his microwave oven said he was prepared to sit on it for 24 hours a day. I’m with Van Allen. Risk–hazard evaluation–exposure. Not scary stories that are total fiction. Not just because it’s on the internet or in a hyped up movie does it become true.

APS will be installing Smart Meters in Sedona. For those who wants to learn more about the health effects of EMF and what to do about it.

Lloyd Burrell became electrosensitive in 2002. He suffered for years, in fact until 3 years ago he was still suffering. His body became highly receptive to the ever present electromagnetic fields in our environment to such an extent that his life became a living hell. The symptoms; a constant headache, joint pains, his ears ached and eyesight deteriorated as well as developing high blood pressure and experiencing a constant state of fatigue. The good news is that he got better.

Interviews with EMF experts – electrical engineer, scientific researcher and author Alasdair Philips.

There are 2 ways you can attend:

1. Via telephone. Primary dial in number: (425) 440-5100 and secondary dial in number: (904) 900-6992
Full list of dial in Numbers: http://InstantTeleseminar.com/Local/?eventid=52097313
Then you key in 490380#.

2. Via the web. http://instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=52097313. On the left it says “Listen in”, click on that. That leads you to a page where you can choose to just listen or you can listen & talk using your Skype.
It’s a good idea to get on the call early because even if you only want to listen without asking a question places are limited.

There’s still time to send me your questions in advance from this page http://instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=52097313

“Smart” meters involve many issues. My letter (above) dealt only with the ones Northeast Utilities chose to discuss.

And believe me, it was very difficult to type this while lying prone on the floor looking up.

Could I ask you to take a second look on City Finances?