Fda Consumer Update - LG GB125 Guide D'utilisation

Safety Guidelines (Continued)
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When you use the phone in public
places, set the ring tone to
vibration so as not to disturb
others.
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Do not turn your phone on or off
when putting it in your ear.

FDA Consumer Update

The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration Centre for Devices and
Radiological Health Consumer Update
on Mobile Phones.
1. Do wireless phones pose a health
hazard?
The available scientific evidence does
not show that any health problems
are associated with using wireless
phones. There is no proof, however,
that wireless phones are absolutely
safe. Wireless phones emit low levels
of radiofrequency energy (RF) in the
microwave range while being used.
They also emit very low levels of RF
when in the standby mode. Whereas
high levels of RF can produce health
effects (by heating tissue), exposure
to low level RF that does not produce
heating effects causes no known
adverse health effects. Many studies
of low level RF exposures have not
found any biological effects. Some
30
studies have suggested that some
biological effects may occur, but such
findings have not been confirmed by
additional research.
In some cases, other researchers have
had difficulty in reproducing those
studies, or in determining the reasons
for inconsistent results.
2. What is the FDA's role concerning
the safety of wireless phones?
Under the law, the FDA does not
review the safety of radiationemitting
consumer products such as wireless
phones before they can be sold, as it
does with new drugs or medical
devices. However, the agency has
authority to take action if wireless
phones are shown to emit
radiofrequency energy (RF) at a level
that is hazardous to the user. In such a
case, the FDA could require the
manufacturers of wireless phones to
notify users of the health hazard and
to repair, replace, or recall the phones
so that the hazard no longer exists.
Although the existing scientific data
do not justify FDA regulatory actions,
the FDA has urged the wireless phone
industry to take a number of steps,
including the following: