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Safety

methodologyformeasuringtherateatwhichRFisdepositedintheheads

ofwirelessphoneusers.Thetestmethodusesatissue-simulatingmodelof

thehumanhead.StandardizedSARtestmethodologyisexpectedtogreatly

improvetheconsistencyofmeasurementsmadeatdifferentlaboratories

onthesamephone.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wirelessphonecomplieswithsafetyguidelines.

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

energy from my wireless phone?

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wirelessphonewill

reduceRFexposure.Ifyoumustconductextendedconversationsbywireless

phoneeveryday,youcouldplacemoredistancebetweenyourbodyandthe

sourceoftheR F, sincetheexposureleveldropsoffdramaticallywithdistance.

Forexample,youcoulduseaheadsetandcarrythewirelessphoneawayfrom

yourbodyoruseawirelessphoneconnectedtoaremoteantenna.Again,the

scienticdatadoesnotdemonstratethatwirelessphones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wireless

phoneuse.

10. What about children using wireless phones?

Thescienticevidencedoesnotshowadangertousersofwireless

phones,includingchildrenandteenagers.Ifyouwanttotakestepstolower

exposuretoRadioFrequency(RF)energy,themeasuresdescribedabove

wouldapplytochildrenandteenagersusingwirelessphones.Reducingthe

timeofwirelessphoneuseandincreasingthedistancebetweentheuser

andtheRFsourcewillreduceRFexposure.

Somegroupssponsoredbyothernationalgovernmentshaveadvisedthat

childrenbediscouragedfromusingwirelessphonesatall.Forexample,

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