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human health.

The FDA belongs to an interagency working

group of the federal agencies that have

responsibility for different aspects of RF safety

to ensure coordinated efforts at the federal level.

The following agencies belong to this working

group:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health

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

wireless phones with the Federal Communications

Commission (FCC). All phones 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 wireless phones.

The FCC also regulates the base stations that the

wireless phone networks rely upon. While these

base stations operate at higher power than do the

wireless phones themselves, the RF exposures

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