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safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age
and health. The exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a
unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The
SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6 W/kg. * Tests for SAR are conducted with
the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested
frequency bands. Although the SAR is determined at the highest certified
power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be well
below the maximum value. This is because the phone is designed to operate
at multiple power levels so as to use only the power required to reach the
network. In general, the closer you are to a wireless base station antenna,
the lower the power output. Before a phone model is available for sale to the
public, it must be tested and certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the
limit established by the government adopted requirement for safe exposure.
The tests are performed in positions and locations (e.g., at the ear and worn
