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APPENDIX
SAFETY AND WARRANTY
SAFETY INFORMATION FOR WIRELESS HANDHELD
PHONES
EXPOSURE TO RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS
Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power radio
transmitter and receiver. When it is ON, it receives and also sends
out radio frequency (RF) signals. In August 1996, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) adopted RF exposure guidelines
with safety levels for handheld wireless phones. Those guidelines are
consistent with the safety standards previously set by both U.S. and
international standards bodies:
ANSI C951 (1992) *
NCRP Report 86 (1986) **
ICNIRP (1996) ***
Those standards were based on comprehensive and periodic
evaluations of the relevant scientific literature. For example, over 120
scientists, engineers, and physicians from universities, government
health agencies, and industry reviewed the available body of research
to develop the ANSI Standard (C951).
The design of your phone complies with the FCC guidelines (and
those standards).
* American National Standards Institute.
** National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.
*** International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection.
