Safety Code 6 uncontrolled reference level, 6–15 GHz
10 W/m² (61.4 V/m) averaged over 6 minutes — the flat plateau above 6 GHz, identical to the ICNIRP figure.
Guidelinegeneral public6000–15,000 MHz
Last verified 12 August 2026.
- Limit value
- 1 × 10^7 µW/m²Guideline value — scientific recommendation — Safety Code 6 (2015) Table 5 lists E = 61.4 V/m, H = 0.163 A/m and S = 10 W/m² for uncontrolled environments in this band; the controlled-environment plateau is 50 W/m².sources: hc-safety-code-6, hc-safety-code-6-pdf
- Quantity
- power density
- Frequency band
- 6000–15,000 MHz
- Population
- general public
- Set by
- Health Canada Safety Code 6 (2015) (2015 revision)
- Kind
- Guideline — scientific recommendation
- Averaging time
- 6 minutesA measurement must use the same averaging before it can be compared with this value.
Sources
- hc-safety-code-6 Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Energy in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz (Safety Code 6) — Health Canada, 2015. guideline, link checked 2026-08-12.
- hc-safety-code-6-pdf Safety Code 6 (2015), H129-48/2015E-PDF — official PDF edition — Government of Canada Publications, 2015. guideline, link checked 2026-08-12.
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