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For Your Safety

8. What has the FDA done to measure the Radio Frequency energy coming

from tablets?

TheInstituteofElectricalandElectronicEngineers(IEEE)isdevelopingatechnical

standardformeasuringtheRadioFrequency(RF)energyexposurefromtabletsand

otherwirelesshandsetswiththeparticipationandleadershipofFDAscientistsand

engineers.Thestandard,“RecommendedPracticeforDeterminingtheSpatial-Peak

SpecificAbsorptionRate(SAR)intheHumanBodyDuetoWirelessCommunications

Devices:ExperimentalTechniques”,setsforththefirstconsistenttestmethodology

formeasuringtherateatwhichRFisdepositedintheheadsandbodiesoftablet

users.Thetestmethodusesatissue-simulatingmodelofthehumanheadandbody.

StandardizedSARtestmethodologyisexpectedtogreatlyimprovetheconsistency

ofmeasurementsmadeatdifferentlaboratoriesonthesametablet.SARisthe

measurementoftheamountofenergyabsorbedintissue,eitherbythewholebody

orasmallpartofthebody.Itismeasuredinwatts/kg(ormilliwatts/g)ofmatter.This

measurementisusedtodeterminewhetheratabletcomplieswithsafetyguidelines.

9. What steps can I take to reduce my exposure to Radio Frequency energy

from my tablet?

Ifthereisariskfromtheseproducts—andatthispointwedonotknowthatthere

is—itisprobablyverysmall.Butifyouareconcernedaboutavoidingevenpotential

risks,youcantakeafewsimplestepstominimizeyourexposuretoRadioFrequency

(RF)energy.Sincetimeisakeyfactorinhowmuchexposureapersonreceives,

reducingtheamountoftimespentusingatabletwillreduceRFexposure.Ifyou

mustconductextendedconversationsusingawirelessdeviceeveryday,youcould

placemoredistancebetweenyourbodyandthesourceoftheRF,sincetheexposure

leveldropsoffdramaticallywithdistance.Forexample,youcoulduseaheadsetand

carrythetabletawayfromyourbodyoruseawirelessdeviceconnectedtoaremote

antenna.Again,thescientificdatadoesnotdemonstratethattabletsareharmful.Butif

youareconcernedabouttheRFexposurefromtheseproducts,youcanusemeasures

likethosedescribedabovetoreduceyourRFexposurefromtabletuse.

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