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Section 10: Health and Safety Information
This section outlines the safety precautions
associated with using your phone. The terms
"mobile device" or "cell phone" are used in
this section to refer to your phone. Read this
information before using your mobile device.
Exposure to Radio Frequency
(RF) Signals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
has published information for consumers
relating to Radio Frequency (RF) exposure
from wireless phones. The FDA publication
includes the following information:
Do cell phones pose a health hazard?
Many people are concerned that cell phone
radiation will cause cancer or other serious
health hazards. The weight of scientific
evidence has not linked cell phones with any
health problems.
Cell phones emit low levels of Radio
Frequency (RF) energy. Over the past 15
years, scientists have conducted hundreds of
studies looking at the biological effects of the
radio frequency energy emitted by cell
phones. While some researchers have
reported biological changes associated with
RF energy, these studies have failed to be
replicated. The majority of studies published
have failed to show an association between
exposure to radio frequency from a cell phone
and health problems.
The low levels of RF cell phones emit while in
use are in the microwave frequency range.
They also emit RF at substantially reduced
time intervals 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.
The biological effects of radio frequency
energy should not be confused with the
effects from other types of electromagnetic
energy.
Very high levels of electromagnetic energy,
such as is found in X-rays and gamma rays,
can ionize biological tissues. Ionization is a
process where electrons are stripped away
from their normal locations in atoms and
molecules. It can permanently damage
biological tissues including DNA, the genetic
material.
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