LG Chocolate User Manual page 85

Design wireless phones in a way that
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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.
The FDA shares regulatory
responsibilities for wireless phones with
the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC). All phones that are sold in the
United States must comply with FCC
safety guidelines that limit RF exposure.
The FCC relies on the FDA and other
health agencies for safety questions
about wireless phones.
The FCC also regulates the base stations
that the wireless phone networks rely
upon. While these base stations operate
at higher power than do the wireless
phones themselves, the RF exposures that
people get from these base stations are
typically thousands of times lower than
those they can get from wireless phones.
Base stations are thus not the subject of
the safety questions discussed in this
document.
3. What kinds of phones are the subject of
this update?
The term "wireless phone" refers here to
handheld wireless phones with built-in
antennas, often called "cell", "mobile", or
"PCS" phones. These types of wireless
phones can expose the user to
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