Appendix 179
Safety Information for Wireless Handheld
Phones
Read this information before using your handheld portable mobile
telephone.
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.
