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Safety Information
Important:
Read this information before using your
wireless handheld phone.
Exposure to Radio Frequency Signals
Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power
radio transmitter and receiver. When it is ON, it receives
and also sends out radio frequency (RF) signals.
In August 1996, The Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) adopted RF exposure guidelines with safety levels
for handheld wireless phones. Those guidelines are
consistent with safety standards previously set by both U.S.
and international standards bodies:
•
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) IEEE.
C95. 1-1992
•
National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurement (NCRP). Report 86
•
International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation
Protection (ICNIRP) 1996
•
Ministry of Health (Canada), Safety Code 6
Those standards were based on comprehensive and
periodic evaluations of the relevant scientific literature. For
example, over 120 scientists, engineers, and physicians
from universities, government health agencies, and industry
reviewed the available body of research to develop the
ANSI Standard (C95.1).
