Fda Consumer Update - LG RD7130 User Manual

FDA Consumer Update

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Consumer Update on Mobile Phones.
1. Do wireless phones pose a health hazard?
The available scientific evidence does not show that
any health problems are associated with using wire-
less phones. There is no proof, however, that wire-
less phones are absolutely safe. Wireless phones
emit low levels of radiofrequency energy (RF) in the
microwave range while being used. They also emit
very low levels of RF when in the stand-by 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 bio-
logical effects may occur, but such findings have not
been confirmed by additional research. In some
cases, other researchers have had difficulty in repro-
ducing those studies, or in determining the reasons
for inconsistent results.
2. What is FDA's role concerning the safety of wire-
less phones?
Under the law, FDA does not review the safety of
radiation-emitting consumer products such as wire-
less phones before they can be sold, as it does with
new drugs or medical devices. However, the agency
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has authority to take action if wireless phones are
shown to emit radiofrequency energy (RF) at a level
that is hazardous to the user. In such a case, 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, 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 emitted 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.
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:
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