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 More countries are concerned about the iPhone 12’s EMF radiation profile

France is pulling the mostly off-the-market phone and considering a recall.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/more-countries-are-concerned-about-the-iphone-12s-emf-radiation-profile/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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One gets the impression that there are good reasons the EU and UK import most of their high-tech stuff. Home-grown innovation was pretty much killed off by swampy regulation. 
 @872ab8e1 I would very much like to know why it was originally measured at less than 1.6 and yet they're reading more than 5.7.  That's orders of magnitude higher on this scale.  So much so that one or the other is wrong.  Frankly it's probably the 5.7 as that would probably wreck the battery just on its own.  As one comment said, France is likely acting on some bad information here.

This is non-ionizing radiation btw. 
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Maybe its just my cynicism at work here, but I cant be the only one wondering if this is an Apple op to get more people to upgrade their phones.