LG Electronics VS750 What is the FDAs role concerning the safety of wireless phones?, Safety

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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
Safety	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 steps, including the following:

●Support needed research into possible biological effects of RF of the type

76emitted 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 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 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 working group activities, as well.