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For Your Safety

FDA Consumer Update

TheU.S.FoodandDrugAdministration’sCenter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(RF)energyinthemicrowave

rangewhilebeingused.TheyalsoemitverylowlevelsofRFwhenin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(RF)energy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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