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Abstract : Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) that exists in the environment creates health hazards on living components. This impact is categorized based on the absorption of EMR over the unit mass of the tissue. These can be varied based on the frequency, duration of the exposure and penetration of EMR. The penetration of EMR depends on the morphological characteristics of the living components. This research investigates the scientific evidence behind the impacts of EMR on living things. It is evaluated by analyzing the material characteristics of the exposed living component before and after the exposure of EMR. The validation of this is performed by analyzing the material characteristics of a phantom model mimicking the fatty tissue of the human body. It is exposed with 2.45 GHz EMR over the period of 2.5 hours to 5 hours and analyzed its dielectric characteristics using Keysight N1501A liquid material measurement suite. From the analysis it is observed that the decrease in the dielectric characteristics of the phantom to an amount of 34.60 % to 54 % based on the duration of the exposure. This observed variation in the material characteristics is the resultant of absorption of EMR on the tissue phantom model based on the duration of the exposure.