www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org A SMART meter company spokesman says there is no evidence the meters are causing health problems. United Energy is working in partnership with Jemena to install the meters on the Mornington Peninsula, in Frankston and through to the inner eastern suburbs. United Energy spokesman Stuart Allott said his organisation took all complaints very seriously but there was no evidence to suggest the meters were causing customer health problems. He declined to comment on the claims of a Mt Eliza woman who told the Weekly she believed a smart meter was causing her to feel unwell, saying her complaint was of a sensitive nature and before the Ombudsman. “According to the Federal Government’s Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, the combination of the relatively low power of the transmitter, their location on the outside of buildings and the very short time spent transmitting means that the overall exposure from smart meters is very low and well below exposure limits,” Mr Allott said. His comments came as the state government announced that smart meters – which measure electricity usage and communicate this information back to the supplier using short bursts of radio waves – would continue to be rolled out to small businesses and households in Victoria. The government has based its decision partly on advice from the auditor-general, who stated in his report on smart meters: “If the project’s emerging risks delay the installation of …
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