LG Electronics MMBB0309801(1.0) H National Institute for, Occupational Safety, Health, Agency

Safety

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
	●
Safety		Occupational Safety and
		Health
	●	Environmental Protection
		Agency
	●	Occupational Safety and
		Health Administration
		National Telecommunications
		and Information
		Administration

The National Institutes of Health participates in some interagency

88working 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.