Informed Life Radio: Smart Meters, Informed Consent, and the Right to Opt Out

(September 11, 2026)

Ep. 383:

Cecelia “Cece” Doucette, director of Massachusetts for Safe Technology, joins us to make the case for a meaningful right to opt out of wireless “smart” utility meters.  Cece explains how smart meters differ from older analog and digital meters, why their constant two-way radiofrequency transmissions raise health and informed-consent concerns, and what advocates are doing to secure an opt-out without punitive fees. A regular guest on CHD.TV, Cece is also a public educator and legislative advocate who has taken the stage at the last two Children’s Health Defense national conferences. Through Massachusetts for Safe Technology, she offers no-cost monthly webinars, practical safer-tech guidance, legislative education, and resources citizens can use in their own communities.

I met Cece this spring at the National Health Federation Conference in Dallas. We look at the case for consumer choice, what an opt-out should actually look like, the political obstacles advocates face, and what Washington residents can learn from efforts underway in Massachusetts and elsewhere.

Massachusetts for Safe Technology: https://www.ma4safetech.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MA4SafeTech/

LinkedIn: Cecelia Doucette: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecelia-doucette-09655155/

Events and free webinars: https://www.ma4safetech.org/events

Safer Screentime: https://www.saferscreentime.org/

Understanding EMFs: https://sites.google.com/site/understandingemfs/

Health in Buildings Roundtable Conference at NIH: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMAz9ZRXjYmp8vCf4HKxmLhdqEgbqYS65

Generation Zapped, award-winning film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p4vRB5uU0A

*The opinions expressed by the hosts and guests in this show are not necessarily the views of Children’s Health Defense.