LG Electronics 370H, MMBB0345501 FDA Consumer Update, Do wireless phones pose a, Health hazard?

Safety

FDA Consumer

Update

	The U.S. Food and Drug
	Administration’s Center for
	Devices and Radiological Health
	1. Do wireless phones pose a
	Consumer Update on Mobile
	health hazard?
	Phones:
	The available scientific evidence
	does not show that any health
Safety	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
	heating tissue), exposure to low
	level RF that does not produce

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heating effects causes no known adverse 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