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For Your Safety 173

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:

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

emittedbywirelessphones;

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

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

• 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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