Apple's iPhone 12 is at the heart of controversy. While the company presented its new iPhone 15, the National Frequency Agency (AFNR) revealed that it had asked Apple to temporarily withdraw the iPhone 12 from the market due to exceeding European standards for specific absorption rate ( DAS) for smartphones. DAS measures electromagnetic waves absorbed by the human body when using a phone.
A SAR 1.74W/kg higher than the authorized threshold
The SAR is evaluated in two situations: in contact with the limb (called "trunk DAS" for a telephone placed in a jacket pocket, a bag or at a distance of 5 mm) and in contact with the body (called "limb DAS" for a phone held in the hand or placed in a pants pocket).
The AFNR found that the trunk SAR of the iPhone 12 was compliant, but that the member SAR exceeded the authorized limit, reaching 5.74 W/kg, or 1.74 W/kg more than the permitted threshold. This situation is not unique to Apple, as the AFNR recently reviewed 141 smartphones, although we do not know if others have violated these rules.
However, it is important to note that according to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is currently no evidence that exposure to low-level electromagnetic fields is harmful to human health, despite numerous studies carried out in this area.
 Pascal Lemontel
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14/09/2023 | 
