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Safety Guidelines

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

whenintheHomescreen.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radiofrequency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usersofwirelessphoneswiththebestpossibleinformation

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

TheFDAbelongstoaninteragencyworkinggroupofthefederalagenciesthathave

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