LG Electronics 501C manual What is the FDA’s role, Wireless phones?

Safety Guidelines

	2. What is the FDA’s role
	concerning the safety of
	reasons for inconsistent results.
	wireless phones?
	Under the law, the FDA does not
	review the safety of
	radiationemitting consumer
	products such as wireless phones
Safety	before they can be sold, as it
	does with new drugs or medical
	devices. However, the agency has
	authority to take action if
Guidelines	wireless phones are shown to
	emit radiofrequency energy (RF)
	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
74	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

●Cooperate in providing users of wireless phones with the best possible information on possible effects of wireless phone use on 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