LG Electronics UX565 manual What is the FDAs role, Concerning the safety, Wireless phones?

Safety

	Wireless phones emit low levels
	of Radio Frequency (RF) energy
	in the microwave range while
	being used. They also emit very
	low levels of RF when in standby
	mode. Whereas high levels of RF
	can produce health effects (by
	heating tissue), exposure to low
	level RF that does not produce
	heating effects causes no known
	adverse health effects. Many
	studies of low level RF exposures
	have not found any biological
	effects. Some studies have
	suggested that some biological
S a	effects may occur, but such
f e	findings have not been confirmed
ty
	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

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) 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

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