e-406 (Smart meters)
- Keywords
- Electricity supply
- Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Energy in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz
- Public health
- Radio frequencies
- Smart meters
Original language of petition: French
Petition to the Government of Canada
- The smart meter is placed in the same category by the World Health Organization as cellular telephones and Wi-Fi, which are classed in Group 2B, the possibly carcinogenic to humans category. Lead and DDT are also in that category; and
- Health Canada stated that provinces and school boards can and have the authority to establish their own regulations governing exposure to radiofrequencies.
- Open for signature
- June 17, 2016, at 9:27 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- October 15, 2016, at 9:27 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Jean Rioux
(Saint-Jean)
November 4, 2016 (Petition No. 421-00870) - Government response tabled
- January 30, 2017