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http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ cellular.html or
through the FCC at (888) 225-5322 or
(888) CALL-FCC.
What does "SAR" mean?
In 1996, the FCC, working with the
FDA, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, and other agencies, established
RF exposure safety guidelines for
wireless phones in the United States.
Before a wireless phone model is
available for sale to the public, it must
be tested by the manufacturer and
certified to the FCC that it does not
exceed limits established by the FCC.
One of these limits is expressed as a
Specific Absorption Rate, or "SAR."SAR
is a measure of the rate of absorption
of RF energy in the body. Tests for
SAR are conducted with the phone
transmitting at its highest power level in
all tested frequency bands. Since 1996,
the FCC has required that the SAR of
handheld wireless phones not exceed
1.6 watts per kilogram, averaged over
one gram of tissue. Although the SAR
Safety
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