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Smart meter victory for Formby campaigners who expressed concerns over health effects

Feb 7 2012 by Janine Yaqoob, Formby Times
A RADIATION campaigner is celebrating after plans to force homeowners to install energy smart meters were abandoned.
Formby resident Eileen O’Connor, director of EM Radiation Research Trust, joined forces with Sefton Central MP Bill Esterson to speak out against the controversial plans over fears about the potential health effects of smart meters.
Under Government proposals, every household was due to have a smart meter by 2019 as part of a £12billion programme to stop gas and electricity bills being estimated. But now household will get the chance to reject the meters.
The move is a victory for campaign groups and MPs who raised concerns with ministers that the devices emit electromagnetic radiation.


Eileen O’Connor said: “It has been a great team effort with the work in the US, Canada and Europe.
“Radiation Research Trust (RRT) patron Liz Lynn MEP supported the campaign when we presented a report at the European Parliament and I provided a copy of the smart meter report to Bill Esterson and worked closely with him and MP Joe Benton. Bill and Joe joined us to present the smart meter report at Number 10 before Christmas and I was delighted with the questions raised by Bill last week at the House of Commons.”
Sefton Central MP Bill Esterson said: “The government was planning to install smart meters in every household within the next seven years, but as yet, we have had no guarantees that these devices are safe. So I was delighted to work with Eileen O’Connor from the Radiation Research Trust and my Labour colleague Joe Benton on this issue.
“There is evidence there may be a health risk to some people.
“If smart meters are safe, they can be very good news for people around their homes, but we need to know whether they are safe or not.
“We need the government to look at the evidence and make a decision one way or the other.”