Dutch Digital Supervisor Investigate IPhone 12 Radiation Exposure Limit Violation

The iPhone 12 product is allegedly exposure to the radiation to more than the minimum standard. (photo: dock. pexxels)

The Dutch digital watchdog is investigating a report from France that Apple's iPhone 12 model violated the EU radiation exposure limit. They will ask for an explanation from the US company. This was first reported by the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper.

France's Nationale des Frequences (ANFR) agency told Apple on Tuesday, September 12 to stop selling the iPhone 12 in France after testing showing that the cell phone's Specific Absorption Rate - a measurement of the body's radiofrequency energy rate absorbed by a device - is higher than legally permitted.

"The standard has been exceeded. Fortunately, there is no risk of acute security but we will soon talk to the manufacturer," Angeline van Dijk, an inspector with Nederlandse Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructure (RDI), told the Dutch newspaper.

"The Netherlands pays the same attention as France to safe use of cell phones. Cell phones must comply with European standards," added van Dijk, quoted by Reuters.

German network regulator BNetzA said it might start a similar process and be in close contact with French authorities, while Spanish OCU consumer groups urged local authorities to stop selling the iPhone 12.

Apple said in a statement that the iPhone 12, launched in 2020, had been certified by various international agencies as complying with global radiation standards, that it had provided some lab test results from Apple and third parties proving compliance with the phones to French agencies, and that they were questioning the agency's findings.