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SAR information on this and other model tablet can be viewed on-line at
www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid. This site uses the tablet FCC ID number
A3LSMT670
Once you have the FCC ID number for a particular tablet, follow the instructions on the
website and it should provide values for typical or maximum SAR for a particular tablet.
Additional product specific SAR information can also be obtained at www.fcc.gov/cgb/sar.
Consumer Information on Wireless Tablets
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a series of Questions and
Answers for consumers relating to radio frequency (RF) exposure from wireless tablet. The
FDA publication includes the following information:
What kinds of tablets are the subject of this update?
The term wireless tablet refers here to hand-held wireless tablet with built-in antennas..
These types of wireless tablet can expose the user to measurable radio frequency energy
(RF) because of the short distance between the tablet and the user¡¯s head. These RF
exposures are limited by Federal Communications Commission safety guidelines that were
developed with the advice of FDA and other federal health and safety agencies. When the
tablet is located at greater distances from the user, the exposure to RF is drastically lower
because a person¡¯s RF exposure decreases rapidly with increasing distance from the
source. The so-called ¡°cordless tablet,¡± which have a base unit connected to the tablet
wiring in a house, typically operate at far lower power levels, and thus produce RF
exposures well within the FCC¡¯s compliance limits.
Do wireless tablets pose a health hazard?
The available scientific evidence does not show that any health problems are associated
with using wireless tablet. There is no proof, however, that wireless tablet are absolutely
safe. Wireless tablet emit low levels of radio frequency 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 biological effects may occur, but such findings have not
been confirmed by additional research. In some cases, other researchers have had
difficulty in reproducing those studies, or in determining the reasons for inconsistent results.
What is FDA's role concerning the safety of wireless tablets?
Under the law, FDA does not review the safety of radiation-emitting consumer products
such as wireless tablet before they can be sold, as it does with new drugs or medical
devices. However, the agency has authority to take action if wireless tablet are shown to
emit radio frequency energy (RF) at a level that is hazardous to the user. In such a case,
FDA could require the manufacturers of wireless tablet to notify users of the health hazard
and to repair, replace or recall the tablet so that the hazard no longer exists.
Although the existing scientific data do not justify FDA regulatory actions, FDA has urged
the wireless tablet industry to take a number of steps, including the following:
•"Support needed research into possible biological effects of RF of the type emitted by
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