Perhaps people/groups opposing smart meters should find something more useful to do with their time. Like education of their children, budget deficits, and hopelessly ineffective national politicians. Unfortunately, people have lost control of most things in their lives. Their job, salaries, their children, their own finances, or the ability to make their vote count towards effective change. So people latch on to the most unimportant issue to make their otherwise mundane lives seem important. If they are hung up on health concerns, perhaps they should pay more attention to what they eat and get some exercise. Also there are a lot more threats in your daily lives which have a much higher probably of occurrence. Take for example driving down the highway at high speed with other vehicles just feet or inches apart. The only reason it does not breakdown into utter chaos is the guarantee of mutually assured destruction.
Don't get me wrong installing smart meters is just the first step towards rates by the hour to help force conservation. But during hurricane season in Florida it's nice to know the utility company will know the instant I loose power. Smart meters also allow utilities to better monitor the grid for losses which cost millions if not billions of dollars a year. The cost of which is passed on to the consumer. Have you ever been unable to listen to your car radio because there was so much static? The utilities often send trucks to pressure wash the salt off insulators on high voltage lines along the shore. Smart meters also give the utilities the ability to more intelligently monitor grid demand which they can use for adaptive or predictive modeling base on historical demand, weather, etc. Do you know how expensive it is to keep a generator on standby to meet peek demand?
In short, embrace the change and move on to more important matters.
