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Some groups sponsored by other national governments have advised that children be discouraged from using cell phones at all. For example, The Stewart Report from the United Kingdom made such a recommendation in December 2000. In this report, a group of independent experts noted that no evidence exists that using a cell phone causes brain tumors or other ill effects. Their recommendation to limit cell phone use by children was strictly precautionary; it was not based on scientific evidence that any health hazard exists.

Additional information on the safety of RF exposures from various sources can be obtained from the following organizations (updated 10/1/2010):

•FCC RF Safety Program: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/.

•Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/radiofrequencyradiation/. (Note: This web address is case sensitive.)

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/.

• World Health Organization (WHO): http://www.who.int/peh-emf/en/.

• International Commission on Non-Ionizing Protection: http://www.icnirp.de.

http://www.epa.gov/radtown/wireless-techRadiation.html.

•Health Protection Agency: http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/Radiation/.

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•US Food and Drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov/Radiation- EmittingProducts/RadiationEmittingProductsandProcedures/ HomeBusinessandEntertainment/CellPhones/default.htm.

Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Certification Information

Your mobile device is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the exposure limits for Radio requency (R ) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission ( CC) of the U.S. Government.

These CC exposure limits are derived from the recommendations of two expert organizations: the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) and 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 set by the FCC for wireless mobile devices employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate (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 devices to comply with a safety limit of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg).