HUNDREDS of householders fearing ill effects from the controversial smart
meters have resorted to coating their homes in electromagnetic shielding paint.
meters have resorted to coating their homes in electromagnetic shielding paint.
One, an Ormond doctor, says she resorted to the paint because, although she doesn't have a smart meter herself, meters in her street were making her ill.
Dr Frederica Lamech said the meters were rolled out in her area in February, and now she had had to take sick leave from her Aspendale Gardens practice and would likely have to sell her home.
Her debilitating health problems include continuous palpitations, chest pain, lethargy, dizziness, fainting, and insomnia, she said.
"I am not able to function," she said.
"I can't work. I can't look after my family and I need my husband, now the only breadwinner, to take care of me," Dr Lamech told Mordialloc Chelsea Leader.
YShield Electromagnetic Radiation Shielding general manager David Mould said it had painted hundreds of houses since the smart meter rollout began.
"We've done four houses this week, in Ormond, East Bentleigh and St Kilda," Mr Mould said.
"Demand is so high we're having to book jobs weeks in advance."
Stop Smart Meters Australia spokesman Marc Florio demanded the State Government follow the lead of the British Government, which was reportedly planning to make the installation of smart meters voluntary.
Government spokesman Emily Broadbent said the meters were safe.
Their radiofrequency emissions were weaker than those of many household devices.
Ms Broadbent said the World Health Organisation had determined electromagnetic hypersensitivity was not a medical diagnosis.
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