In the current day
and age, almost everyone is running around with an Apple product hanging at
their hip. Be it the “Brand new” iPhone, or the latest incarnation of iPod, or
the top of the line iPad. Apple has been proclaiming itself the greatest
innovator in the world for years, but the important question is, “How safe are
their products?”
To measure the
amount of ambient radiation an object produces, we need to use a RF meter,
which scans a nearby area to determine how many Microwatts of radiation are being
generated per square metre. For a more educated estimation of the dangers being
posed by these machines, I should explain in deeper detail the danger levels
related to microwatts/m2.
- Less than 0.10 microwatts/m2 provide no risk
of danger, or concern as cosmic background radiation (Of which we are all
affected) remains in these levels.
- 0.10-10 microwatts/m2 is of slight
concern, authorities in the field of radiation recommend that sleeping
areas be kept below 10 microwatts/m2 for the safety of the
occupants.
- 10 – 1000 microwatts/m2
Can be considered a risk to health,
with 100 microwatts/m2 falling
into the average scale for living areas within a home and the proposed
safety limit for Europe, levels higher than this considered hazardous to
human cells.
- More than 1000 microwatts/m2 is an incredibly
dangerous amount of ambient radiation, a minimum of ten times the maximum
safe human limit.
With these base
danger levels established, we can begin the test to see the average microwatts/m2 output of
several apple products.
Apple iPhone:
The ambient
Microwatts/m2 level of the iPhone being used in this test, is 14.8, placing it
in an area of slight concern, not however, in immediate danger, keep in mind
that this level will also be affected by the ambient Microwatts/m2 of the room.
Upon turning the devices Wifi on however, the levels jumped sporadically, increasing
in bursts every few seconds. At this point, the lowest level displayed was 1.092,
which was periodically lower than the phones average ambient Microwatts/m2,
however this low level lasted less than a few seconds before leaping up into
the hundreds. Within the first few second of turning the Wifi on, the
Microwatts/m2 registered at 853.0, more than 8 times the maximum safe limit! Topping
off at 990.7 Microwatts/m2, the iPhone proves to be a highly dangerous device.
In call, the Microwatts/m2
will tend towards the upper scale of 1000, keeping in mind that when in call,
many people will hold their phone close to their head, which can and will cause
the cells in your cranial cavity to rapidly heat, causing untold damage.
Apple IPod:
Being the same device
as an iPhone, simply lacking the apparatus needed to make or receive phone
calls, the iPod output similar Microwatts/m2 levels. When the Wifi is switched
on, the iPod began to generate dangerous amounts of radiation, causing cells nearby
to heat in a similar fashion to the iPhone. However, there is a single defining
factor that divides the iPod from the iPhone, location. Traditionally, the iPod
spends far more time in ones pocket than the iPhone, seeming as the default
setting of the iPods Wifi is ON, the device is sending out levels of Microwatts/m2
measuring in the hundreds constantly, whilst affecting the entire mid section
of the carrier, ranging from the stomach to the genitals.
Apple iPad:
At the start of the
test you can see the iPad is producing no ambient Radiation level, a good sign
to start the test on. As the device is switched on, the Radiation level slowly increases;
however, it does so within safe levels. The iPads Microwatts/m2 levels reach
their highest at 33.30, far below the maximum safe levels for Human use. This
does comfortably place the iPad as the safest of the three devices being used
on a regular basis, which in my mind, is a surprise as I personally expected
the iPad to be generating the highest ambient radiation level, but this is a
good show of an uneducated guess being highly inaccurate.
After thoughts:
After running a test on
each, we can safely judge in the inbuilt risks of using these devices, with
each kicking a significant amount of radiation out, with the iPhone generating
a truly dangerous level of ambient radiation. Whilst it is known that all phone
companies, (Apple included) package each phone with a small safety leaflet that
roughly states “When the device is in use, hold at least four inches from the
head”. This demonstrates the company is aware of the innate risks a mobile
phone produces; yet, even holding the device a few inches from the head is not
enough, as the measurement “Microwatts/m2” demonstrates, these devices project
Radiation waves with a radius of at least a squared meter.
In the end, I can
answer the question I posed myself and you, the reader, at the beginning of
this article. “Are Apple products safe?” the answer being, on the whole, No.
The iPhone product, is
the most sold device that Apple produces, also making up 70% of all owned
mobile phones, with roughly 2100000000 calls being made daily across the world on
them. Each and every call generating dangerous levels of radiation for an average
time of 3 minutes and 15 seconds each time, so it is evident the amount of
damage that is being done.
My personal
recommendation, if you must own an Apple product, try and keep to the iPad, as
it is simply the safest of each device.
Although, to be fair to
Apple, it is not just them producing mobiles and other devices that produce exceedingly
dangerous levels of radiation, all mobile companies produce this cloud of
radiation that is damaging us, and none of them seem to making much of an
effort to minimize the radiation levels that currently plague our world.
I hope that this
article has been of use and will help guide you to a slightly cleaner,
Radiation free lifestyle.
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