Fda Consumer Update - LG ACCOLADE User Manual

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for
Devices and Radiological Health Consumer Update on Mobile
Phones:
1.
Do wireless phones pose a health hazard?
The available scientific evidence does not show that any
health problems are associated with using wireless phones.
There is no proof, however, that wireless phones are
absolutely safe. Wireless phones emit low levels of Radio
Frequency (RF) energy in the microwave range while being
used. They also emit very low levels of RF when in standby
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.
2. What is the FDA's role concerning the safety of
wireless phones?
Under the law, the FDA does not review the safety of
radiation-emitting consumer products such as wireless
phones before they can be sold, as it does with new drugs
or medical devices. However, the agency has authority to

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