So many people, especially children, are still unaware of the basic rules of cell phone safety.
Remember if your device is on, and not on Flight mode, it is transmitting almost constantly.
All wireless devices from smartphones to wireless laptops to baby monitors come with FCC warnings that they are NOT safe to use if held directly on the body because the radio frequency emissions can exceed government limits. Very importantly, if you place a cell phone at body contact, you can exceed radiation limits up to 9 times US FCC limits according to reports of the French government after testing hundreds of cell phones.
The Fine Print Manufacturer Radio Frequency Radiation Warnings
All manufacturers of wireless devices from cell phones to Wi-Fi Speakers To Wi-Fi toys have warnings which describe the minimum distance devices must be kept away from users in order to not exceed the as-tested radiofrequency radiation limits for exposure to wireless radiation. For example, the FCC sets exposure limits for laptops so they are usually tested 20 cm away from the body.
Why Are These Fine Print Warnings Important?
If these distances are not maintained, people can be exposed to radiation at levels that exceed the current FCC standard, potentially exposing them to exposures that could have thermal effects. The SAR for laptops, printers, routers and tablets should be less than 1.6 W/kg for any 1 gram of tissue, as measured 20 cm (~8 inches) from the device. Because of the inverse square law if devices are used closer than 8 inches to the body, exposures grow exponentially. Thus, at 5 inches it could increase 16-fold, and at less than one inch (i.e. on your lap) it could increase 100-fold.
Will Following These Separation Distances Ensure My Safety?
No. A “safe” level of this radiation has not been documented by adequate research. These distances only protect us from exposures that exceed our thirty year old outdated government radiation limits. These distances do not protect us from biological effects. We recommend reducing and limiting exposures far far more than these FCC separation distances. However, most of the public who wants to simply follow government limits is unaware of the fact that we can exceed government limits with close contact with our devices.
Please see below our running list of RF warnings from the manuals of cell phones and wireless electronics. The best way to use this webpage is to search within the document for the device or brand. This webpage has cell phones and all sorts of wireless devices such as virtual assistants, cordless phones and gaming devices.
Check the SAR of your Samsung Device at this Samsung website
Check the SAR of your Apple Device (Phone, iPad, Watch or Laptop) at this Samsung website
Read what T-Mobile says abut RF on their website here.
“Keep the BlackBerry device at least 0.59 in. (15 mm) from your body (including the abdomen of pregnant women and the lower abdomen of teenagers) when the BlackBerry device is turned on and connected to the wireless network.” – Blackberry Bold 9930
“Maintain a distance of 20 cm (8 inches) from your body to be consistent with how the device is tested for compliance with RF exposure requirement.” Google Home Hub
“Important Safety Instructions 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions…
CAUTION …This equipment has very low levels of RF energy that it deemed to comply without maximum permissive exposure evaluation (MPE). But it is desirable that it should be installed and operated keeping the radiator at least 20 cm or more away from person’s body (excluding extremities: hands, wrists, feet and ankles).”
Source:
https://ehtrust.org/key-issues/cell-phoneswireless/fine-print-warnings/
Read all the fine print warnings from different companies and for different devices on this page:
https://ehtrust.org/fine-print-manufacturer-radio-frequency-radiation-warnings/
