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  "id": "limits:sc6-public-300-6000",
  "collection": "limits",
  "slug": "safety-code-6-public-300-6000-mhz",
  "name": "Safety Code 6 uncontrolled reference level, 300–6000 MHz",
  "summary": "Frequency-dependent power density of 0.02619 f^0.6834 W/m² (f in MHz) — 4.56 W/m² at 1900 MHz and 5.42 W/m² at 2450 MHz, so Canada is somewhat stricter than ICNIRP across the cellular and Wi-Fi bands.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
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    "population": "general-public",
    "quantity": "power-density",
    "band": {
      "minHz": 300000000,
      "maxHz": 6000000000,
      "label": "300–6000 MHz"
    },
    "averagingSeconds": 360,
    "formula": "0.02619 f^0.6834 W/m² (f in MHz)",
    "value": {
      "quantity": "power-density",
      "unit": "µW/m²",
      "value": 1290000,
      "max": 10000000,
      "basis": "guideline",
      "note": "Safety Code 6 (2015) Table 5, uncontrolled environments. The range is the band edges: 1.29 W/m² at 300 MHz to 10 W/m² at 6000 MHz. Worked values inside the band: 4.56 W/m² at 1900 MHz, 5.42 W/m² at 2450 MHz, 6.92 W/m² at 3500 MHz. The equivalent electric field is 3.142 f^0.3417 V/m (41.5 V/m at 1900 MHz).",
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      ]
    },
    "related": [
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      "limits:icnirp-2020-public-2-300ghz"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "hc-safety-code-6",
      "title": "Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Energy in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz (Safety Code 6)",
      "publisher": "Health Canada",
      "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-risks-safety/limits-human-exposure-radiofrequency-electromagnetic-energy-range-3-300.html",
      "year": 2015,
      "kind": "guideline",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "hc-safety-code-6-pdf",
      "title": "Safety Code 6 (2015), H129-48/2015E-PDF — official PDF edition",
      "publisher": "Government of Canada Publications",
      "url": "https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/sc-hc/H129-48-2015-eng.pdf",
      "year": 2015,
      "kind": "guideline",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
  ],
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