The following package is for those who wish to approach their doctors with information regarding the possible health risks from non-thermal microwave radiation.  It contains links organized into specific health effect categories.  These links can be printed out according to personal areas of need or concern, and used to start a dialogue with doctors who may not as yet have associated certain health conditions with EMF or RF exposure.  

The introductory letter on pages 1 and 2 contains a link to the entire list, and may be useful to your doctor as a reference tool. 

"Dear Medical Professional:

"Your patient has asked us for support in providing you with information regarding the possible health risks from non-thermal microwave radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation, recently reclassified by the WHO/IARC as a Class 2B, possible human carcinogen.

"This WHO risk category also includes lead, DDT, chloroform, and dioxane, and is relevant to all wireless devices emitting radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, including cordless phones, cell phones, IPads, Wi-Fi routers, wireless games, baby monitors, and smart meters . . .

"Many doctors have already given medical advice to their patients by way of a medical letter or note on a prescription form stating that the patient should avoid, for medical reasons, living in a residence or residential complex at which a wireless meter is operating in order to maintain their health or avoid aggravating a medical condition. This medical advice stating the health condition and advising the patient that they should avoid ongoing exposure to wireless radiofrequency and smart meter emissions will allow your patient to participate in the Human Rights Action currently underway. We are hopeful that the individual's right to protect their health as advised by their medical doctor will be upheld by the Human Rights Tribunal, and this forced exposure within their own home to undesirable microwave radiofrequency emissions will be replaced with reasonable and respectful accommodation by BC Hydro . . . "

Information categories contained in this package: 

1. Microwave Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation - General 
2. Smart Meters
3. Interference with medical devices / Smart Meter Risk
4. Children
5. EHS/ES - Electrosensitivity
6. Diabetes
7. Heart
8. Tinnitus / Microwave Hearing / Dental Effects
9. Sleep and Insomnia
10. Infertility / Sperm Damage
11. Cell Towers - Applicable to constant low-level exposures
12. Cell Phones
13. Published Articles
14. BEES - This section included due to potential impacts on human health from loss of bees and pollination
15. Lawsuits, Scientific Statements and Letters
16. Cancer
17. Brain Function / Epilepsy / Alzheimer's / ALS

Also available:

Open Letter to GP and Other Medical Colleagues  January, 2012
Guidelines for Doctors
AAEM calls for Caution (American Academy of Environmental Medicine)

Contact Emails for Liberal, NDP and Independent MLA's and First Nations Bands, Civic Information and Media Contacts:

Also: MLA Finder with descriptions of specific constituencies, responsibilities and communities

INSTRUCTIONS on how to use the Smart Meter NO-FEE OPT OUT REGISTRATION NOTICE

ALSO: Instruction page for printing on back of handout if distributed BY HAND

ALSO: SIGN for distributing handouts

The following Smart Meter No-Fee Opt Out Registration Notice can be used by all BC Hydro Account holders in BC, with or without a smart meter. 

It is for those citizens who believe we all have the right of autonomy in our own homes, the right to decide and choose for ourselves how we live and what risks we sustain within the sanctuary of our private residence. 

This Notice forms the request to the BC Liberals and BC Hydro to honour our right to live without harassment and in peace in our own homes, in accordance with our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as enshrined in the Canadian Constitution.

1. Print out three copies of the Smart Meter No-Fee Opt Out Registration Notice in PDF form as attached, and follow the steps below:  

a)    Mail one completed Notice with signature to BC Hydro at the address provided in the Notice;
b)    Post one completed Notice with signature beside your meter (in a plastic protective covering or laminated);
c)    Keep one completed Notice in a safe place for your records.

 
2.    Next, copy the notice as printed on this page, and paste into the body of an e-mail addressed to BC Hydro, Corix, and the Coalition to Stop Smart Meters (e-mail addresses supplied in the Notice).

3.   Remove your personal account number from the original email, copy and paste it into another e-mail and send to the list below: 

premier@gov.bc.ca, rich.coleman.mla@leg.bc.ca, terry.lake.mla@leg.bc.ca, bill.bennett.mla@leg.bc.ca, andrew.wilkinson.mla@leg.bc.ca, perry.kendall@gov.bc.ca, john.horgan.mla@leg.bc.ca, mike.farnworth.mla@leg.bc.ca, douglas.routley.mla@leg.bc.ca, adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca, elizabeth.may@greenparty.ca, leader@greenparty.bc.ca

Liberal BC Leader Christy Clark premier@gov.bc.ca

Minister for Natural Gas Development/Housing/Deputy Premier rich.coleman.mla@leg.bc.ca

Minister of Health, terry.lake.mla@leg.bc.ca

Minister of Energy bill.bennett.mla@leg.bc.ca

Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services andrew.wilkinson.mla@leg.bc.ca

BC Chief Medical Officer perry.kendall@gov.bc.ca

NDP Energy Critic john.horgan.mla@leg.bc.ca

NDP Health Critic mike.farnworth.mla@leg.bc.ca

Deputy Critic for Health douglas.routley.mla@leg.bc.ca

NDP BC Leader adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca

Green Party Federal Leader E. May elizabeth.may@greenparty.ca

Green Party BC Leader Jane Sterk leader@greenparty.bc.ca 

Copy also to your local Mayor and Council

Make sure you also copy your MLA in  your area, as well as your mayor and council. If you can, speak to your MLA in person and request they support democratic rights for opt out choice, and share your reasons why the Smart Grid should be stopped immediately.

 

4. If you cannot send by e-mail, please send regular mail to BC Hydro using the address provided in the Notice and also send a copy by mail to:

Coalition to Stop Smart Meters,
P.O. Box 28154,
West Shore RPO,
Victoria, BC V9B 6K8.

The Coalition needs to get this information to verify the numbers of people forced to take a smart meter against their will, any problems/concerns, and the numbers of people who continue to refuse a Smart Meter. All personal details will be kept confidential and will be used for no other purpose.

 

5. Many have recently had a visit from Corix when absent from their home. A door hanger was likely left for you requesting that you call Corix to make an appointment for meter installation. We suggest that you continue to correspond your refusal to BC Hydro in writing, using the Opt Out Registration Notice to BC Hydro as the reply to the Corix doorhanger.

 

6. If you have received a blank Opt Out Registration Notice at a meeting or from elsewhere in the community, make 4 copies after filling out the details and distribute as follows:

• mail one copy originally signed to BC Hydro
• mail one copy to the Coalition to Stop Smart Meters
• post one copy beside your meter (place in plastic sleeve or laminate and make sure signature and details are filled in
• keep one copy in a safe place for your records

SMART METER NO-FEE OPT OUT REGISTRATION NOTICE
POSTED AT METER 

Sent by regular mail to:

Attention: Mr. Gary Murphy, Chief Project Officer

BC Hydro Smart Metering Program
6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby BC, V3N 4X8

Sent by e-mail to:

smartmeters@bchydro.com
info.utilities@corix.com

coordinator2@stopsmartmetersbc.ca

Date: _____________     Account No: _______________

Account Holder: __________________________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________________________

I am the holder of the above-referenced account for the stated address. This notice to BC Hydro is my Registration for a NO-FEE SMART METER OPT-OUT with regards to my account.

___  I choose the NO-FEE OPT OUT for legitimate reasons and will retain the analogue meter.

___  I choose the NO-FEE OPT OUT for legitimate reasons and require the Smart Meter placed on my home without my express informed consent to be replaced by an analogue meter.  

___ I choose the NO-FEE OPT OUT for legitimate reasons and despite my initial acceptance, I now require it to be removed and replaced by an analogue meter. 

My legitimate reasons include but are not limited to (note with XX): 

___ Health    ___ Fire Risk    ___ Privacy    ___ Security     ___ Safety      ___ Cost     ___ Environment

The following methods were used by Corix/ BC Hydro to install a smart meter on my home without my consent:

________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________

  

I demand that my account be updated to accurately represent my legitimate requirement of a no-fee smart meter opt-out. 

Thank you.

Electronic Signature  _____________________________________________________

This Instruction sheet is meant to be printed on the back of the No-Fee Opt Out Form when distributed as a hand-out.  

Display Sign for Distribution Purposes

No-Fee Opt Out Notice Instructions for Handouts - June 2013

The Smart Meter No-Fee Opt Out Registration Notice can be used by all BC Hydro Account holders in BC, with or without a smart meter. It is for those citizens who believe we all have the right of autonomy in our own homes, the right to decide and choose for ourselves how we live and what risks we sustain within the sanctuary of our private residence. This Notice forms the request to the BC Government and BC Hydro to honour our right to live without harassment and in peace in our own homes, in accordance with our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as enshrined in the Canadian Constitution. 

Here are instructions on how to use the Smart Meter No Fee Opt Out Registration Notice:

1.  If you have received a blank Opt Out Registration Notice at a meeting or from elsewhere in the community, make 3 copies after filling out the details and distribute as follows:

 
a.   Physically mail one copy originally signed to BC Hydro then scan and email to Hydro and Corix.

b.   Post one copy, filled in with all signatures and details, beside your meter (Place in plastic sleeve or laminate).

c.   Keep one copy in a safe place for your records.

d.   Scan and e-mail one copy to coordinator2@stopsmartmetersbc.ca

** If possible, refer to the Opt Out Registration Notice posted on the Citizens for Safe Technology website. Use http://www.citizensforsafetechnology.org/smart-meter-action-kit-in-communities-governments,73,0 to access and follow the instructions there.

2. Scan and e-mail a copy to people listed below:

premier@gov.bc.ca, rich.coleman.mla@leg.bc.ca, terry.lake.mla@leg.bc.ca,
bill.bennett.mla@leg.bc.ca, 

andrew.wilkinson.mla@leg.bc.ca, perry.kendall@gov.bc.ca,
john.horgan.mla@leg.bc.ca, mike.farnworth.mla@leg.bc.ca, douglas.routley.mla@leg.bc.ca,
adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca, elizabeth.may@greenparty.ca, leader@greenparty.bc.ca

Liberal BC Leader Christy Clark premier@gov.bc.ca

Minister for Natural Gas Development/Housing/Deputy Premier rich.coleman.mla@leg.bc.ca

Minister of Health, terry.lake.mla@leg.bc.ca

Minister of Energy bill.bennett.mla@leg.bc.ca

Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services andrew.wilkinson.mla@leg.bc.ca

BC Chief Medical Officer perry.kendall@gov.bc.ca

NDP Energy Critic john.horgan.mla@leg.bc.ca

NDP Health Critic mike.farnworth.mla@leg.bc.ca

Deputy Critic for Health douglas.routley.mla@leg.bc.ca

NDP BC Leader adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca

Green Party Federal Leader E. May elizabeth.may@greenparty.ca

Green Party BC Leader Jane Sterk leader@greenparty.bc.ca 

Copy also to your local Mayor and Council

    3.  Make sure you also copy your MLA as well as your mayor and council. If you can, speak to your MLA in person and request he/she support democratic rights for opt-out choice, and share your reasons why the Smart Grid should be stopped immediately.

    4. Many have recently had a visit from Corix when absent from their home. A door hanger was left,     requesting a call to Corix to make an appointment for a meter exchange. We suggest you continue to     correspond your refusal to BC Hydro in writing only. The Opt Out Registration Notice to BC Hydro can be     used as this reply.

WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER FORM? 

** Accurate Information - this form allows CST and the Coalition to collect new information and create a database of people forced to take smart meters despite refusals, and the types of tactics used against them. These people will be the first contacted with details of the Civil Class Action Lawsuit against BC Hydro and given the choice to participate.

** Political Pressure - keeps the Smart Meter fiasco front and centre. It will show that the government and Hydro are misrepresenting the numbers of people who do not want smart meters.

Stop the Grid - when the majority of citizens demand and receive no-fee opt out, those forcing the "Smart Grid" will have to be "re-educated" to come up with another solution that is truly designed to conserve energy and environment.

Please take the time to fill in and send this No-Fee Opt Out Registration Notice, and to ask your friends and colleagues to do the same.

WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER FORM ? 

** Accurate Information - this form allows CST and the Coalition to collect new information and create a database of people forced to take smart meters despite refusals, and the types of tactics used against them. These people will be the first contacted with details of the Civil Class Action Lawsuit against BC Hydro and given the choice to participate.

** Political Pressure - keeps the Smart Meter fiasco front and centre at sensitive election time. It will show that the government and Hydro are misrepresenting the numbers of people who do not want smart meters.

** Stop the Grid - when the majority of citizens demand and receive no-fee opt out, those forcing the "Smart Grid" will have to be "re-educated" to come up with another solution that is truly designed to conserve energy and environment.

NO-FEE OPT-OUT! 
HAVE A SMART METER?
DON'T HAVE ONE?
DON'T WANT IT?
SEND THIS . . .

For information tables, business premise windows and other public venues . . .  where SMART METER NO-FEE OPT OUT Registration Notice handouts are being distributed. It is recommended that it be laminated for stability, or even enlarged for better visibility.

NO-FEE OPT OUT NOTICE

INSTRUCTIONS for back of Notice

Links attached for active groups opposing smart meters:

• British Columbia 
• Manitoba 
• Ontario 
• Quebec 
• Arizona 
• California 
• Colorado 
• Florida 
• Georgia 
• Hawaii 
• Illinois 
• Iowa 
• Maine 
• Maryland 
• Massachusetts 
• Michigan 
• Ohio
• Oklahoma 
• Texas 
• Vermont 
• Virginia 
• Washington State 
• Wisconsin 
• United Kingdom 
• Australia

To be sent as indicated on the downloaded REGISTRATION FORM below:

1.   I am a member of Citizens for Safe Technology Society ("CSTS") or I hereby apply to become a member of     CSTS.

2.    I have read the Notice of Class Action Lawsuit against BC Hydro Invitation for Participation issued by CSTS ("the Invitation"). 

3.    I wish to be included in the class on whose behalf the above-referenced litigation is to be brought, as described in the Invitation ("the Class").

4.    I endorse and authorize a representative plaintiff of the Class on the condition that he/she authorize CSTS to administer the class action and to retain and instruct counsel to bring the class action on behalf of the plaintiff and on behalf of all members of the class, including me. 

5.    I meet the criteria for inclusion in the Class.  In particular:

a.     I have indicated to BC Hydro in writing (by way of letter or signage) that I do not accept the installation / operation of a wireless smart meter at my home for reasons that include health concerns.

b.     I have circled below which of i, ii, iii, or iv has occurred:

                                  i.     Notwithstanding my written communication referred to above, BC Hydro proceeded to install and operate a wireless smart meter at my home. 

                                ii.     Notwithstanding my written communication referred to above, I have received information from BC Hydro setting out its intention to install a wireless smart meter at my home. 

                               iii.     BC Hydro has cut off its supply of power to my home as a consequence of my refusal to allow the installation of a wireless smart meter at my home. 

                               iv.     BC Hydro has indicated its intention to cut off its supply of power to my home as a consequence of my refusal to allow the installation of a wireless smart meter at my home.

    c.      At all times during the above-referenced occurrences, I have been a customer of BC Hydro at a residence which I ordinarily occupy. 

Further, we invite those individuals who meet the above-referenced class definition to make a suggested donation of $100 or more to finance the legal fees, together with a suggested donation of $50 for advertising, administration, website services and CSTS membership purposes for participation in this action. Suggested donation for participation being $150.

We need your correspondence with us to be in writing. Please complete this Class Action Registration Form by printing out the form, filling in each section carefully, and mailing it to the address below with your donation by cheque payable to the Coalition to Stop Smart Meters: . . . 

CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ANNOUNCED to media
Notice of Class Action Lawsuit Against BC Hydro INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION

"REMOVE UNWANTED SMART METER"

Until recently, BC Hydro has said that "only 7% or 140,000 homes have refused" a BC Hydro smart meter. Now they are playing with the numbers of those who have "opted out", saying more and more have come on-side after being "informed."  

• Imagine how many would have refused these wireless transmitters if they had known they could? How many still would?  

• Imagine how many people would have refused if they had not been harassed and intimidated? 

• Imagine how many would have refused if they had known all of the safety, security, health and financial concerns associated with them? 

• How many did not give informed consent? 

The Coalition to Stop Smart Meters and Citizens for Safe Technology Society would like everyone who has had a wireless smart meter installed, and wants it removed, to let us know.

To do so, e-mail dsnoble@shaw.ca with a short and simple statement to that effect, and put "REMOVE METER" in the subject line.

We want to form a large list of the many thousands of BC residents who want this device removed. We will present it to the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) prior to election time. 

Please pass this request to friends and neighbours as well.

This will be important information to give to politicians come campaign time to show how unwanted this program is.

Thank you!