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wireless phone use on
human health.
The FDA belongs to
an interagency working
group of the federal
agencies that have re-
sponsibility 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
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The National Institutes
of Health participates
in some interagency
working group activities,
as well.
The FDA shares regula-
tory 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 net-
works rely upon. While
these base stations
operate at higher power
than do the wireless
phones themselves,
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