LG Electronics 245 manual FDA Consumer Update, On Mobile Phones

SAFETY

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 scientific 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
S	heating tissue), exposure to low level RF that does
A F E	not produce heating effects causes no known adverse
T Y	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 findings have not been confirmed by
	additional research. In some cases, other researchers
	have had difficulty 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.

Although the existing scientific data do not justify FDA regulatory actions, the FDA has urged the wireless phone industry to take a number of steps, including the following:

●Support needed research into possible biological effects of RF of the type emitted by wireless phones;

●Design wireless phones in a way that minimizes any RF exposure to the user that is not necessary for device function; and

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