LG Electronics LX140 manual Belong to this working group, Health, Environmental Protection Agency

Safety

● 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 agencies
	belong to this working group:
	● National Institute for Occupational Safety and
	Health
	● Environmental Protection Agency
	● Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Saf	● National Telecommunications and Information
	Administration
ety	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 that people get from these base stations are typically thousands of times lower than those they can get from wireless phones. Base stations are thus not the subject of the safety questions discussed in this document.

3.What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?

The term “wireless phone” refers here to handheld wireless phones with built-in antennas, often called “cell”, “mobile”, or “PCS” phones. These types of wireless phones can expose the user to measurable Radio Frequency (RF) energy because of the short distance between the phone 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 phone is located at greater distances from the user, the exposure to RF is drastically lower because a person's RF exposure decreases rapidly

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