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  "name": "What is Russia's 10 µW/cm² limit?",
  "summary": "Russia's public limit is 10 µW/cm² = 0.1 W/m² = 100,000 µW/m² from 300 MHz to 300 GHz, roughly a hundredth of the ICNIRP reference level.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
  "data": {
    "question": "Why is Russia's EMF limit 10 µW/cm², and what does that equal in other units?",
    "answer": "Russian sanitary norms (SanPiN) cap public exposure at 10 µW/cm² of time-averaged power flux density from 300 MHz to 300 GHz, which equals 0.1 W/m² or 100,000 µW/m² — about a hundredth of the ICNIRP public reference level — with 3 V/m applying from 30 to 300 MHz. The Soviet-era derivation used long-term exposure endpoints rather than the acute thermal threshold ICNIRP works from, which is why the figure is so much lower; it is frequently cited in campaign material as proof that Western limits are too high. It applies in residential areas, places of mass recreation and inside dwellings, including secondary radiation.",
    "cluster": "regulation",
    "aliases": [
      "Russia EMF limit",
      "SanPiN limit",
      "10 microwatt per cm2 limit"
    ],
    "related": [
      "standards:russia-sanpin-rf",
      "limits:russia-public-300mhz-300ghz",
      "limits:russia-public-30-300mhz"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "russia-sanpin-1383",
      "title": "СанПиН 2.1.8/2.2.4.1383-03, приложение 1, таблица 2 — ПДУ ЭМП 30 кГц–300 ГГц для населения",
      "publisher": "Главный государственный санитарный врач РФ (via ConsultantPlus)",
      "url": "https://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_43243/b80f2a134eb7436dbdb5ff9efd13bd96e1a2e452/",
      "year": 2003,
      "kind": "regulation",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "russia-sanpin-2021",
      "title": "СанПиН 1.2.3685-21 — Гигиенические нормативы и требования к обеспечению безопасности факторов среды обитания",
      "publisher": "Роспотребнадзор (via ConsultantPlus)",
      "url": "https://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_375839/",
      "year": 2021,
      "kind": "regulation",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
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