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Safety

200IndependenceAve.,SW

Washington,DC20201

Voice:1-800-35-NIOSH(1-800-356-4674)

Internet:http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/default.html

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scientic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ndingshave

notbeenconrmedbyadditionalresearch.Insomecases,otherresearchers

havehaddifculty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.

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