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Safety Guidelines

FDA Consumer Update

TheU.S.FoodandDrugAdministrationCentreforDevicesandRadiologicalHealth

ConsumerUpdateonMobilePhones.

1. Do wireless phones pose a health hazard?

Theavailablescientificevidencedoesnotshowthatanyhealthproblemsareassociated

withusingwirelessphones.Thereisnoproof,however,thatwirelessphonesare

absolutelysafe.Wirelessphonesemitlowlevelsofradiofrequencyenergy(RF)inthe

microwaverangewhilebeingused.TheyalsoemitverylowlevelsofRFwheninthe

standbymode.WhereashighlevelsofRFcanproducehealtheffects(byheatingtissue),

exposuretolowlevelRFthatdoesnotproduceheatingeffectscausesnoknown

adversehealtheffects.ManystudiesoflowlevelRFexposureshavenotfoundany

biologicaleffects.Somestudieshavesuggestedthatsomebiologicaleffectsmayoccur,

butsuchfindingshavenotbeenconfirmedbyadditionalresearch.Insomecases,other

researchershavehaddifficultyinreproducingthosestudies,orindeterminingthe

reasonsforinconsistentresults.

2. What is the FDA’s role concerning the safety of wireless phones?

Underthelaw,theFDAdoesnotreviewthesafetyofradiationemittingconsumer

productssuchaswirelessphonesbeforetheycanbesold,asitdoeswithnewdrugs

ormedicaldevices.However,theagencyhasauthoritytotakeactionifwirelessphones

areshowntoemitradiofrequencyenergy(RF)atalevelthatishazardoustotheuser.

Insuchacase,theFDAcouldrequirethemanufacturersofwirelessphonestonotify

usersofthehealthhazardandtorepair,replace,orrecallthephonessothatthehazard

nolongerexists.

AlthoughtheexistingscientificdatadonotjustifyFDAregulatoryactions,theFDAhas

urgedthewirelessphoneindustrytotakeanumberofsteps,includingthefollowing:

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SupportneededresearchintopossiblebiologicaleffectsofRFofthetypeemitted

bywirelessphones;

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DesignwirelessphonesinawaythatminimizesanyRFexposuretotheuserthat

isnotnecessaryfordevicefunction;and

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Cooperateinprovidingofwirelessphoneswiththebestpossibleinformationon

possibleeffectsofwirelessphoneuseonhumanhealth.

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