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thesafetystandardsdevelopedbytheInstituteofElectricalandElectronic

Engineering(IEEE)andtheNationalCouncilonRadiationProtectionand

Measurement.Theexposurelimittakesintoconsiderationthebody’sability

toremoveheatfromthetissuesthatabsorbenergyfromthetabletandis

setwellbelowlevelsknowntohaveeffects.Manufacturersoftabletsmust

reporttheRFexposurelevelforeachmodeloftablettotheFCC.TheFCC

website(http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety)givesdirectionsforlocatingthe

FCCidentificationnumberonyourtabletsoyoucanfindyourtablet’sRF

exposurelevelintheonlinelisting.

8. What has the FDA done to measure the Radio Frequency

energy coming from tablets?

TheInstituteofElectricalandElectronicEngineers(IEEE)isdeveloping

atechnicalstandardformeasuringtheRadioFrequency(RF)energy

exposurefromtablets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andbodiesoftabletusers.

Thetestmethodusesatissue-simulatingmodelofthehumanheadand

body.StandardizedSARtestmethodologyisexpectedtogreatlyimprove

theconsistencyofmeasurementsmadeatdifferentlaboratoriesonthe

sametablet.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tabletcomplieswithsafetyguidelines.

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