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Safety
wireless phones must report the RF exposure
level for each model of phone to the FCC.
The FCC website (http://www.fcc.gov/oet/
rfsafety) gives directions for locating the FCC
identification number on your phone so you
can find your phone’s RF exposure level in the
online listing.
8. What has the FDA done to measure the
radio frequency energy coming from
wireless phones?
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE) is developing a technical
standard for measuring the radio frequency
energy (RF) exposure from wireless phones 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 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
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