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Sa
fe
ty
ener
gy a
t a le
vel tha
t is
hazar
dous t
o the user
. In such a
ca
se, the FD
A could r
equir
e the
man
ufactur
er
s of wir
ele
ss phone
s
to
no
tify user
s of the health
hazar
d and t
o r
epair
, r
eplace, or
recall the phone
s so tha
t the
hazar
d no longer e
xist
s.
Although the e
xisting scientific
da
ta
do no
t justify FD
A
regula
tory actions, the FD
A ha
s
ur
ged the wir
ele
ss phone
industry t
o t
ak
e a n
umber of
st
eps, including the follo
wing:
●
Suppor
t needed r
esear
ch int
o
possible biological effect
s of
RF of the t
ype emit
ted b
y
wir
ele
ss phone
s;
●
De
sign wir
ele
ss phone
s in a
w
ay tha
t minimize
s an
y RF
exposur
e t
o the user tha
t is
no
t nece
ssary for de
vice
function; and
●
Cooper
ate in pr
oviding user
s
of wir
ele
ss phone
s with the
be
st possible informa
tion on
possible effect
s of wir
ele
ss
phone use on h
uman health.
The FD
A belongs t
o an
int
er
agency w
orking gr
oup of the
feder
al agencie
s tha
t ha
ve
re
sponsibilit
y for differ
ent
aspect
s of RF safe
ty
t
o ensur
e
coor
dina
ted effor
ts
a
t the feder
al
le
vel. The follo
wing agencie
s
belong t
o this w
orking gr
oup:
●
Na
tional Institut
e for
Occupa
tional Safe
ty
and
Health
●
En
vir
onment
al Pr
ot
ection
Agency
●
Occupa
tional Safe
ty
and
Health A
dministr
ation
●
Na
tional T
elecomm
unica
tions
and Informa
tion
A
dministr
ation
The Na
tional Institut
es
of Health
par
ticipa
te
s in some int
er
agency
w
orking gr
oup activitie
s, a
s w
ell.
