Safe Levels of RF Radiation by
Different Telecommunication Industries
FCC (Federal Communications Commission) - United States
Occupational Exposure Limit: 5 mW/cm² (5000 µW/cm²) averaged over any 6-minute period.
General Public Exposure Limit: 1 mW/cm² (1000 µW/cm²) averaged over any 30-minute period.
Source: FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to RF Electromagnetic Fields
ICNIRP
(International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection)
Occupational Exposure Limit: 10 W/m² (1000 µW/cm²) for frequencies between 10 MHz and 300GHz.
General Public Exposure Limit: 2 W/m² (200 µW/cm²) for frequencies between 10 MHz and 300 GHz.
Source: ICNIRP Guidelines
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Occupational Exposure Limit: 10 mW/cm² (10000 µW/cm²) for frequencies between 3 kHz and 300GHz.
General Public Exposure Limit: 1 mW/cm² (1000 µW/cm²) for frequencies between 3 kHz and 300 GHz.
Source :IEEE C95.1-2019
ARPANSA
(Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency)
Occupational Exposure Limit : 10 W/m² (1000 µW/cm²) for frequencies between 100 kHz and 300 GHz.
General Public Exposure Limit: 2 W/m² (200 µW/cm²) for frequencies between 100 kHz and 300 GHz.
Source :ARPANSA Radiation Protection Standard
Health Canada
Occupational Exposure Limit : 10 W/m² (1000 µW/cm²) for frequencies between 3kHz and 300 GHz.
General Public Exposure Limit: 2 W/m² (200 µW/cm²) for frequencies between 3 kHz and 300 GHz..
Source : Health Canada Safety Code 6
All Combined
Regulatory Body
Occupational Exposure Limit
General Public Exposure Limit
Source
FCC (USA)
5 mW/cm²
(5000 µW/cm²)
50,000,000
(µW/m²)
averaged over any 6-minute period
1 mW/cm²
(1000 µW/cm²)
10,000,000
(µW/m²)
averaged over any 30-minute period.
FCC Guidelines
ICNIRP (International)
10 W/m²
(1000 µW/cm²)
10,000,000
(µW/m²)
2 W/m²
(200 µW/cm²)
2,000,000
(µW/m²)
ICNIRP Guidelines
IEEE (USA)
10 mW/cm²
(10000 µW/cm²)
100,000,000
(µW/m²)
1 mW/cm²
(1000 µW/cm²)
10,000,000
(µW/m²)
IEEE C95.1-2019
ARPANSA (Australia)
10 W/m²
(1000 µW/cm²)
10,000,000
(µW/m²)
2 W/m²
(200 µW/cm²)
2,000,000
(µW/m²)
ARPANSA Standard
Health Canada
10 W/m²
(1000 µW/cm²)
10,000,000
(µW/m²)
2 W/m²
(200 µW/cm²)
2,000,000
(µW/m²)
Health Canada Safety Code 6
**These limits are set to protect against the known thermal effects of RF exposure. However, they may not account for potential non-thermal biological effects that are suggested by some scientific studies. The BioInitiative Report and the Building Biology Institute advocate for much lower exposure limits to protect against these non-thermal effects.
To convert from µW/cm² to µW/m², you need to understand the relationship between square centimeters and square meters.
1 square meter (m²) = 10,000 square centimeters (cm²).
So,to convert µW/cm² to µW/m²: µW/m²=µW/cm²×10,000\text{µW/m²} = \text{µW/cm²} \times 10,000µW/m²=µW/cm²×10,000
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