Questions differences in phone SAR ratings and proposes consumer software controls to reduce maximum expo…

HHS public comment #2439 · HHS-OASH-2026-0397 · 2026-10-13

#1Questions differences in phone SAR ratings and proposes consumer software controls to reduce maximum expo…by Alex Andreasen » 2026-10-13
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Questions differences in phone SAR ratings and proposes consumer software controls to reduce maximum exposure.

  • Exposure limits & oversight: rent phones have different max specific SAR levels. Why are some phones using a higher SAR than others
  • Other concerns: r themselves was able to decide through software if they wanted a lower SAR on the phone than what the manuf

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Different phones have different max specific SAR levels. Why are some phones using a higher SAR than others and do we really need them to do that? Can we not have relatively low SAR phones that still do their job? What if the consumer themselves was able to decide through software if they wanted a lower SAR on the phone than what the manufacturer set as max peak allowed?

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