Phone Safety Tests Assume Separation

Your phone's safety testing assumes it is not pressed against your body. That sounds obvious,

but most people never hear it. Phone manufacturers include a warning that says the device

should be kept a small distance away from your body during use. This is part of

how the phone is legally approved. When phones are tested for safety limits,

they are tested with space between the device and the body. When you press a

phone directly against your skin, you are using it outside the conditions it was tested under.

This warning is real, but it is usually buried in settings menus or legal pages

that no one reads. The important part is simple: safety limits assume separation. Direct contact was