Safety

 

 

transmitter and receiver. It is

 

 

designed and manufactured not

 

 

to exceed the emission limits for

 

 

exposure to radiofrequency (RF)

 

 

energy set by the Federal

 

 

Communications Commission

 

 

(FCC) of the U.S. Government.

 

 

These FCC exposure limits are

 

 

derived from the

 

 

recommendations of two expert

 

 

organizations, the National

 

 

Counsel on Radiation Protection

 

 

and Measurement (NCRP) and

Safety

the Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In

 

 

both cases, the

 

 

recommendations were

 

 

developed by scientific and

 

 

engineering experts drawn from

 

 

industry, government, and

 

 

academia after extensive reviews

 

 

of the scientific literature related

 

 

to the biological effects of RF

 

 

energy.

 

 

The exposure Limit for wireless

mobile phones employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR is a measure of the rate of absorption of RF energy by the human body expressed in units of watts per kilogram (W/kg). The FCC requires wireless phones to comply with a safety limit of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg). The FCC exposure limit incorporates a substantial margin of safety to give additional protection to the public and to account for any variations in measurements.

Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions specified by the FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands. Although SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of the phone

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