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American Academy of Audiology | problems are associated with using |
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Reston, VA 20190 | absolutely safe. Wireless phones | ||||
Voice: (800) | emit low levels of Radio Frequency | ||||
Email: info@audiology.org | (RF) energy in the microwave range | ||||
Internet: www.audiology.org | while being used. They also emit | ||||
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National Institute on Deafness and | standby mode. Whereas high levels | ||||
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heating tissue), exposure to low | |||||
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level RF that does not produce | |||||
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Bethesda, MD USA | adverse health effects. Many studies | ||||
Voice: (301) | of low level RF exposures have not | ||||
Email: nidcdinfo@nih.gov | found any biological effects. Some | ||||
Internet: | studies have suggested that some | ||||
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing | biological effects may occur, but | ||||
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National Institute for Occupational | confirmed by additional research. In | ||||
Safety and Health | some cases, other researchers have | ||||
Hubert H. Humphrey Bldg. | had difficulty in reproducing those | ||||
studies, or in determining the | |||||
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http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nois | Under the law, the FDA does not | ||||
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FDA Consumer Update | emitting consumer products such as | ||||
wireless phones before they can be | |||||
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level that is hazardous to the user. In | |||||
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1. Do wireless phones pose a health | the manufacturers of wireless | ||||
phones to notify users of the health | |||||
hazard? | |||||
hazard and to repair, replace, or | |||||
The available scientific evidence | |||||
recall the phones so that the hazard | |||||
does not show that any health | |||||
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