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For Your Safety
Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineering
(IEEE) and the National
Council on Radiation
Protection and Measure-
ment. The exposure limit
takes into consideration
the body’s ability to
remove heat from the
tissues that absorb
energy from the wireless
phone and is set well
below levels known to
have effects. Manufac-
turers of wireless phones
must report the RF
exposure level for each
model of phone to the
FCC. The FCC website
(http://www.fcc.gov/oet/
rfsafety) gives directions
for locating the FCC
identification number
on your phone so you
can find your phone’s
RF exposure level in the
online listing.
8. What has the FDA
done to measure
the Radio Frequency
energy coming from
wireless phones?
The Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers
(IEEE) is developing
a technical standard
for measuring the
Radio Frequency (RF)
energy exposure from
wireless phones and
other wireless handsets
with the participation
and leadership of
FDA scientists and
engineers. The standard,
“Recommended Practice
for Determining the
Spatial-Peak Specific
Absorption Rate (SAR)
in the Human Body Due
to Wireless Communica-
tions Devices: Experi-
mental Techniques”, sets
forth the first consistent
test methodology for