>> an attenuation more than adequate to prevent the cell phone from working, is not nearly enough to assure a person's safety > On the contrary, if the shieldi

>> an attenuation more than adequate to prevent the cell phone from working, is not nearly enough to assure a person's safety > On the contrary, if the shielding is ineffective to stop even the cell phone from working, can it be concluded that it definitely won't stop the 2.4GHz radiation. Hence there's a radiation leak. "On the contrary"? You ended up agreeing with me. > To answer my own comment, quoting from the source : "Traps and seals that work well at 2.45 GHz might not work so well at lower frequencies. The converse is also true. Depending on shield design, a shielding scheme meant for one frequency may not work at all well on another. My original claim was that the cell phone test is no assurance of microwave oven safety, for multiple reasons.