radiation

Utility companies across the country are replacing old-fashioned electricity meters in homes with new digital "smart meters." BGE and other utilities say the new meters save money and can help conserve energy. But protesters including Jonathan Libber (a former EPA attorney, above) complain about possible health risks from non-ionizing microwave radiation (which also comes from cell phones, microwaves, and televisions).

Radiation is all around us. It’s in the air we breathe, the soil we walk on, the cell phones we hold to our ears. But what are the implications of all this radiation for our health and well-being? Johns Hopkins University professor, writer and one-time journalist Wayne Biddle, author of “A Field Guide to Radiation,” explains its genesis and its effects on the human body.