France: List of dangerous connected objects withdrawn or updated

List of dangerous connected objects withdrawn or updated
By : Phonegate Team • 1 Aug 2024

Since our creation in 2018, Phonegate Alert has consistently called on French, European and international public authorities to implement controls on exposure to radiofrequencies (RF) from the many dangerous connected objects used in contact with the body (tablets, laptops, watches, glasses, virtual reality headsets, hearing aids, etc.). We are therefore delighted to be able to provide you with this new complementary list to that of dangerous cell phones.

Zebra ET45CA tablet: first high-risk connected object tested in France

With the announcement on July 25, 2024, by the Agence nationale des fréquences (ANFR), of the first inspection of the Zebra ET45CA tablet for non-compliance, we are pleased to note a very first step in the right direction.

The professional-grade Zebra ET45CA tablet has been tested by the accredited German laboratory Cetecom Advanced, with a measured SAR “member” exceedance of 4.586 W/kg for a limit of 4W/kg (the test is not available in the DATA base).

A software update has been carried out by the manufacturer and tested in the laboratory to bring the exposure level down to 2.41 W/kg.

However, we would like to remind everyone, especially young people and pregnant women, not to use a tablet or laptop placed directly on the body to play or work.

What’s more, according to ANFR’s 2023 activity report, only 7 connected objects have been tested for exposure levels. And for the moment, ANFR still hasn’t given us the names of these objects, despite a clear-cut position from the Commission d’accès aux documents administratifs (CADA).

For our NGO:

“This number of controls is totally inadequate and inappropriate in relation to the growing number of connected objects placed on the French and European markets every year. The health and safety risks incurred by millions of consumers are totally ignored and underestimated by the public authorities. Worse still, ANFR does not respect basic rules of transparency”.

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