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10 Driver safety tips Note: Because your BlackBerry Wireless Handheld is a Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) Certified product, RIM is pleased to provide you with the following information in accordance with CTIA guidelines for your convenience only. Please be advised that this...
Accessories 10.Call roadside assistance or a special non-emergency wireless assistance number when necessary. If you see a broken-down vehicle posing no serious hazard, a broken traffic signal, a minor traffic accident where no one appears injured, or a vehicle you know to be stolen, call roadside assistance or other special non-emergency wireless number.
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• Design wireless phones in a way that minimizes any RF exposure to the user that is not necessary for device function; and • Cooperate in providing users of wireless phones with the best possible information on possible effects of wireless phone use on human health. FDA belongs to an interagency working group of the federal agencies that have responsibility for different aspects of RF safety to ensure coordinated efforts at the federal level.
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FDA Consumer Update other cancers. None of the studies demonstrated the existence of any harmful health effects from wireless phone RF exposures. However, none of the studies can answer questions about long-term exposures, since the average period of phone use in these studies was around three years. What research is needed to decide whether RF exposure from wireless phones poses a health risk? A combination of laboratory studies and epidemiological studies of people actually using wireless...
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FDA Consumer Update What about children using wireless phones? The scientific evidence does not show a danger to users of wireless phones, including children and teenagers. If you want to take steps to lower exposure to radiofrequency energy (RF), the measures described above would apply to children and teenagers using wireless phones.
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FDA Consumer Update How does FCC Audit Cell Phone RF? After FCC grants permission for a particular cellular telephone to be marketed, FCC will occasionally conduct “post-grant” testing to determine whether production versions of the phone are being produced to conform with FCC regulatory requirements. The manufacturer of a cell phone that does not meet FCC’s regulatory requirements may be required to remove the cell phone from use and to refund the purchase price or provide a replacement phone, and may be subject to civil or criminal penalties.
Wireless…The New Recyclable Wireless…The New Recyclable Your wireless handheld can be recycled. Recycling your wireless handheld reduces the amount of waste disposed in landfills and allows recycled materials to be incorporated into new products. CTIA and its members encourage consumers to recycle their phones and handhelds and have taken steps to promote the collection and environmentally sound recycling of end-of-life wireless devices.