Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoBelgium and Germany Are Now Reviewing iPhone 12 for Radiation Violationsgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down14
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkBelgium and Germany Are Now Reviewing iPhone 12 for Radiation Violationsgizmodo.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up37·2 years agoFrom the last time this was posted, radio frequency radiation, not nuclear radiation. It’s an important distinction. RF strength violations have more to do with the signal range and possible interference with other signals than health impacts.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoAnd the people this article is targeting isn’t the people that could bother to learn the difference. Explaining ionization to someone who doesn’t grasp the concept that atoms are too small to see without special laboratories isn’t easy.
minus-squareQuinceDaPence@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 years agoWhich is why “spurious emission” is the proper term to use. The point where you can call it a “radiation hazard” when talking about RF is if it’s at the point where RF Burns are a possibility which a phone is just not capable of.
From the last time this was posted, radio frequency radiation, not nuclear radiation.
It’s an important distinction.
RF strength violations have more to do with the signal range and possible interference with other signals than health impacts.
And the people this article is targeting isn’t the people that could bother to learn the difference.
Explaining ionization to someone who doesn’t grasp the concept that atoms are too small to see without special laboratories isn’t easy.
Which is why “spurious emission” is the proper term to use.
The point where you can call it a “radiation hazard” when talking about RF is if it’s at the point where RF Burns are a possibility which a phone is just not capable of.