LG -C195N User Manual page 22

Safety
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
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"PCS" phones. These types of wireless
phones can expose the user to measurable
radiofrequency energy (RF) because of the
short distance between the phone and the
user's head. These RF exposures are limited
by FCC safety guidelines that were developed
with the advice of the FDA and other federal
health and safety agencies. When the phone 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 phones," which have a base
unit connected to the telephone wiring in a
house, typically operate at far lower power