Motorola V8160 User Manual page 141

at this time, FDA has urged the mobile phone industry to take a number of
steps to assure public safety. The agency has recommended that the
industry:
support needed research into possible biological effects of RF of the
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type emitted by mobile phones;
design mobile phones in a way that minimizes any RF exposure to
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the user that is not necessary for device function; and
cooperate in providing mobile phone users with the best possible
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information on what is known about possible effects of mobile
phone use on human health.
At the same time, FDA belongs to an interagency working group of the
federal agencies that have responsibility for different aspects of mobile
phone safety to ensure a coordinated effort at the federal level. These
agencies are:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Federal Communications Commission
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Occupational Health and Safety Administration
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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The National Institutes of Health also participates in this group.
In the absence of conclusive information about any
possible risk, what can concerned individuals do?
If there is a risk from these products--and at this point we do not know that
there is--it is probably very small. But if people are concerned about
avoiding even potential risks, there are simple steps they can take to do so.
For example, time is a key factor in how much exposure a person receives.
Those persons who spend long periods of time on their hand-held mobile
phones could consider holding lengthy conversations on conventional
phones and reserving the hand-held models for shorter conversations or
for situations when other types of phones are not available.
People who must conduct extended conversations in their cars every day
could switch to a type of mobile phone that places more distance between
their bodies and the source of the RF, since the exposure level drops off
dramatically with distance. For example, they could switch to
a mobile phone in which the antenna is located outside the
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vehicle,
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