LG Electronics MMBB0301001 manual What is the FDAs role, Concerning the safety, Wireless phones?

Safety

	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
Safety	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
	emit Radio Frequency (RF)

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energy 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 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