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ensure a coordinated 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 Admin-
istration
• National Telecommunications and In-
formation Administration
The National Institutes of Health also par-
ticipates in this group.
In the absence of conclusive information
about any possible risk, what can concerned
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 po-
tential 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 consider holding
lengthy conversations on conventional
phones and reserving the hand-held
models for shorter conversations or for
situations when other types of phones
are not available.
People who must conduct extended con-
versations in their cars every day could
switch to a type of mobile phone that
places more distance between their bod-
ies 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 an-
tenna connected to a different antenna
mounted on the outside of the car or
built into a separate 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 fol-
lowing websites:
• Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) RF Safety Program (select “Infor-
mation on Human Exposure to RF
Fields from Cellular and PCS Radio
Transmitters”):
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety
• World Health Organization (WHO)
International Commission on Non-Ion-
izing Radiation Protection (select Qs &
As):
• United Kingdom, National Radiological
Protection Board:
• Cellular Telecommunications Industry
Association (CTIA):
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) Center for devices and Radiolog-
ical Health:
http://www.fda.gov/cdhr/consumer/
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