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the federal level. The following agencies belong to
this working group:
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Federal Communications Committee
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The National Institutes of Health participates in some
interagency working group activities, as well.
FDA shares regulatory responsibilities about 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. FCC relies on FDA and other
health agencies for safety questions about wireless
phones.
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 wireless exposures that people get
from these base stations are typically thousands of
times lower than those they get from wireless phones.
Base stations are thus not the subject of the safety
questions discussed in this document.
What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?
The term "wireless phones" refers here to hand-held
wireless phones with built-in antennas, often called
"cell," "mobile," or "PCS". These types of wireless
phones can expose the user to measurable radio
frequency energy (RF) because of the short distance
between the phone and the user's head. These RF
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