# Informed Life Radio 09-11-26 Smart Meters, Informed Consent, and the Right to Opt Out

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Podcast: [Alternative Talk- 1150AM KKNW](https://stenobird.com/podcast/alternative-talk-1150am-kknw-1470425)
Published: 2026-09-12T01:20:14+00:00
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## Resource

Episode 383 | Smart Meters, Informed Consent, and the Right to Opt Out 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 You can support Informed Life Radio by always starting your Amazon sho…

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