103
Sa
fe
ty
high priorit
y animal studie
s ar
e
conduct
ed t
o addr
ess impor
tant
que
stions about the effect
s of
exposur
e t
o R
adio F
requency
(RF) ener
gy
.
The FD
A ha
s been a leading
par
ticipant in the W
orld Health
Or
ganiza
tion Int
erna
tional
Electr
o Magne
tic F
ields (EMF)
Pr
oject since it
s incep
tion in
19
9
6. An influential r
esult of this
w
ork ha
s been the de
velopment
of a de
tailed agenda of r
esear
ch
needs tha
t ha
s driv
en the
es
tablishment of ne
w r
esear
ch
pr
ogr
ams ar
ound the w
orld. The
pr
oject ha
s also helped de
velop
a serie
s of public informa
tion
document
s on EMF issue
s.
The FD
A and the Cellular
Telecomm
unica
tions & Int
erne
t
A
ssocia
tion (CTIA) ha
ve
a formal
Cooper
ativ
e R
esear
ch And
De
velopment Agr
eement
(CR
AD
A) t
o do r
esear
ch on
wir
ele
ss phone safe
ty
. The FD
A
pr
ovide
s the scientific o
ver
sight,
ob
taining input fr
om e
xper
ts
in
go
vernment, industry
, and
academic or
ganiza
tions. CTIA-
funded r
esear
ch is conduct
ed
thr
ough contr
act
s with
independent in
ve
stiga
to
rs. The
initial r
esear
ch will include bo
th
labor
atory studie
s and studie
s of
wir
ele
ss phone user
s. The
CR
AD
A will also include a br
oad
asse
ssment of additional
re
sear
ch needs in the cont
ext of
the la
te
st r
esear
ch de
velopment
s
ar
ound the w
orld.
7.
Ho
w can I find out ho
w m
uch
R
adio F
requency ener
gy
ex
posur
e I can ge
t b
y using m
y
wir
ele
ss phone?
All phone
s sold in the Unit
ed
St
ate
s m
ust compl
y with F
eder
al
Comm
unica
tions Commission
(FCC) guideline
s tha
t limit R
adio
Frequency (RF) ener
gy e
xposur
es
.
The FCC e
stablished the
se