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  "id": "limits:sc6-sar-basic-restriction",
  "collection": "limits",
  "slug": "safety-code-6-sar-limits",
  "name": "Safety Code 6 SAR basic restrictions (uncontrolled)",
  "summary": "0.08 W/kg whole-body average, with peak spatially-averaged limits of 1.6 W/kg for head, neck and trunk and 4.0 W/kg for limbs — the same headline figure as the U.S.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
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    "population": "general-public",
    "quantity": "specific-absorption-rate",
    "band": {
      "minHz": 100000,
      "maxHz": 6000000000,
      "label": "100 kHz–6 GHz"
    },
    "value": {
      "quantity": "specific-absorption-rate",
      "unit": "W/kg",
      "value": 1.6,
      "basis": "guideline",
      "note": "Uncontrolled-environment basic restrictions: whole-body average 0.08 W/kg; peak spatially-averaged 1.6 W/kg (head, neck, trunk) and 4.0 W/kg (limbs). Controlled-environment values are 0.4, 8 and 20 W/kg. SAR takes precedence over the field-strength reference levels from 100 kHz to 6 GHz.",
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    },
    "related": [
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      "limits:icnirp-2020-sar-local"
    ]
  },
  "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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