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Safety

effects of wireless phones.

Are wireless phones safe?

Scienticresearchonthesubjectofwirelessphonesandradiofrequency

(“RF”)energyhasbeenconductedworldwideformanyyears,and

continues.IntheUnitedStates,theFoodandDrugAdministration(“FDA”)

andtheFederalCommunicationsCommission(“FCC”)setpoliciesand

proceduresforwirelessphones.TheFDAissuedawebsitepublicationon

healthissuesrelatedtocellphoneusagewhereitstates,“Thescientic

communityatlarge…believesthattheweightofscienticevidencedoes

notshowanassociationbetweenexposuretoradiofrequency(RF)fromcell

phonesandadversehealthoutcomes.Stillthescienticcommunitydoes

recommendconductingadditionalresearchtoaddressgapsinknowledge.

ThatresearchisbeingconductedaroundtheworldandFDAcontinues

tomonitordevelopmentsinthiseld.YoucanaccessthejointFDA/FCC

websiteathttp://www.fda.gov(under“c”inthesubjectindex,selectCell

Phones>Research).Yo u canalsocontacttheFDAtoll-freeat(888)463-

6332or(888)INFO-FDA.InJune2000,theFDAenteredintoacooperative

researchanddevelopmentagreementthroughwhichadditionalscientic

researchisbeingconducted.TheFCCissueditsownwebsitepublication

statingthat“thereisnoscienticevidencethatprovesthatwireless

phoneusagecanleadtocanceror

avarietyofotherproblems,including

headaches,dizzinessormemoryloss.”Thispublicationisavailableathttp://

www.fcc.gov/cgb/cellular.htmlorthroughtheFCCat(888)225-5322or(888)

CALL-FCC.

What does “SAR” mean?

In1996,theFCC,workingwiththeFDA,theU.S.EnvironmentalProtection

Agency,andotheragencies,establishedRFexposuresafetyguidelines

forwirelessphonesintheUnitedStates.Beforeawirelessphonemodel

isavailableforsaletothepublic,itmustbetestedbythemanufacturer

andcertiedtotheFCCthatitdoesnotexceedlimitsestablishedbythe

FCC.OneoftheselimitsisexpressedasaSpecicAbsorptionRate,or

“SAR.”SARisameasureoftherateofabsorptionofRFenergyinthe

body.TestsforSARareconductedwiththephonetransmittingatits

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