You can get some serious burns and/or death from being in the direct path of a transmitter. It would be like sticking your hand in a microwave oven and turning it on.
Microwaves only burn because they are a specific frequency that is absorbed by water. 2.4 GHz, specifically. If it were the same power but a different frequency it would have no effect on you whatsoever. Quantum mechanics, how does it work?
Microwave ovens operate at 1,500W, or about 2,000 times more powerful than any smart meter is sending signals.
Yes. It's a transmitter. Any sufficiently high power RF energy will cause burns, especially if you're standing in the path of it. Consumer microwaves usually top out at around 1.1KW, with most being lower. Commercial ovens are usually around 1.5KW. If you've got a 2KW oven, that's an unusual bird.
The low-speed data over powerline would have to be injected directly into your body for years to cause any damage, aka it isn't going to.
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