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Consumer Information
Radio Frequency Emissions
Your wireless device, which contains a radio transmitter
and receiver, emits radio frequency energy during
use. The following consumer information addresses
commonly asked questions about the health effects of
wireless devices.
Are Wireless Phones and Devices Safe?
Scientific research on the subject of wireless devices
and radio frequency ("RF") energy has been conducted
worldwide for many years, and continues. In the United
States, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") and
the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") set
policies and procedures for wireless devices. The FDA
issued a website publication on health issues related to
cell phone usage where it states that, while research is
ongoing, "available scientific evidence—including World
Health Organization ["WHO"] findings [in the Interphone
study] released May 17, 2010—shows no increased
health risk due to radiofrequency (RF) energy, a form
of electromagnetic radiation that is emitted by cell
phones." The FDA also cites a separate National Cancer
Institute program finding that, despite the dramatic
increase in cell phone use, occurrences of brain cancer
did not increase between 1987 and 2005. You can access
the FDA website at
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/
ConsumerUpdates/ucm212273.htm.
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