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Health and Safety Information
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of the phone. Sometimes it may be necessary to remove the
battery pack to find the number. Once you have the FCC ID
number for a particular phone, follow the instructions on the
website and it should provide values for typical or maximum
SAR for a particular phone. Additional product specific SAR
information can also be obtained at www.fcc.gov/cgb/sar.
Consumer Information on Wireless Phones
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published
a series of Questions and Answers for consumers relating to
radio frequency (RF) exposure from wireless phones. The FDA
publication includes the following information:
What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?
The term wireless phone refers here to hand-held wireless
phones with built-in antennas, often called "cell," "mobile," or
"PCS" phones. These types of wireless phones can expose the
user to measurable radio frequency energy (RF) because of the
short distance between the phone and the user's head. These RF
exposures are limited by Federal Communications
Commission safety guidelines that were developed with the
advice of FDA and other federal health and safety agencies.
When the phone is located at greater distances from the user, the
exposure to RF is drastically lower because a person's RF
exposure decreases rapidly with increasing distance from the
source. The so-called "cordless phones," which have a base unit
connected to the telephone wiring in a house, typically operate
at far lower power levels, and thus produce RF exposures well
within the FCC's compliance limits.