V498 User Manual

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For Your Safety

• EnvironmentalProtectionAgency

• OccupationalSafetyandHealthAdministration

• NationalTelecommunicationsandInformationAdministration

TheNationalInstitutesofHealthparticipatesinsomeinteragencyworkinggroup

activities,aswell.

TheFDAsharesregulatoryresponsibilitiesfortabletswiththeFederalCommunications

Commission(FCC).AlltabletsthataresoldintheUnitedStatesmustcomplywithFCC

safetyguidelinesthatlimitRFexposure.TheFCCreliesontheFDAandotherhealth

agenciesforsafetyquestionsabouttablets.

TheFCCalsoregulatesthebasestationsthatthetabletnetworksrelyupon.While

thesebasestationsoperateathigherpowerthandothetabletsthemselves,theRF

exposuresthatpeoplegetfromthesebasestationsaretypicallythousandsoftimes

lowerthanthosetheycangetfromtablets.Basestationsarethusnotthesubjectofthe

safetyquestionsdiscussedinthisdocument.

3. What kinds of devices are the subject of this

update?

Theterm“wirelessdevice”refersheretohandheldwirelessdeviceswithbuilt-in

antennas,oftencalled“cell”,“mobile”,or“PCS”devices.Thesetypesofwireless

devicescanexposetheusertomeasurableRadioFrequency(RF)energybecauseof

theshortdistancebetweenthedeviceandtheuser’shead.

TheseRFexposuresarelimitedbyFCCsafetyguidelinesthatweredevelopedwith

theadviceoftheFDAandotherfederalhealthandsafetyagencies.Whenthedevice

islocatedatgreaterdistancesfromtheuser,theexposuretoRFisdrasticallylower

becauseaperson’sRFexposuredecreasesrapidlywithincreasingdistancefromthe

source.

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