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Safety Guidelines

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

phoneusers.Thetestmethodusesatissuesimulating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 radiofrequency

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radiofrequencyenergy

(RF).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RF,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scientificdatado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scientific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

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