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• Cooperate in providing mobile phone
users with the best possible information on
what is known about possible effects of
mobile phone use on human health.
At the same time, FDA belongs to an
interagency working group of the
federal agencies that have responsi-
bility for different aspects of mobile
phone safety to ensure a coordi-
nated effort at the federal level.
These agencies are:
• National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Federal Communications Commission
• Occupational Health and Safety Adminis-
tration
• National Telecommunications and Infor-
mation Administration
The National Institutes of Health also
participates in this group.
In the absence of conclusive information
about any possible risk, what can con-
cerned individuals do?
If there is a risk from these products
— and at this point we do not know
that there is — it is probably very
small. But if people are concerned
about avoiding even potential risks,
there are simple steps they can take
to do so. For example, time is a key
factor in how much exposure a per-
son receives. Those persons who
spend long periods of time on their
hand-held mobile phones could con-
sider holding lengthy conversations
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on conventional phones and reserv-
ing the hand-held models for shorter
conversations or for situations when
other types of phones are not avail-
able.
People who must conduct extended
conversations in their cars every day
could switch to a type of mobile
phone that places more distance
between their bodies and the source
of the RF, since the exposure level
drops off dramatically with distance.
For example, they could switch to:
• a mobile phone in which the antenna is
located outside the vehicle,
• a hand-held phone with a built-in antenna
connected to a different antenna mounted
on the outside of the car or built into a sep-
arate package, or
• a headset with a remote antenna to a
mobile phone carried at the waist.
Where can I find additional information?
For additional information, see the
following websites:
• Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) RF Safety Program (select "Infor-
mation on Human Exposure to RF Fields
from Cellular and PCS Radio Transmit-
ters"):
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety.
• World Health Organization (WHO) Interna-
tional Commission on Non-Ionizing Radia-
tion Protection (select Qs & As):
http://www.who.int/emf