Personal Communicator User's Guide

FDA Update for Mobile Phones
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• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Federal Communications Commission
• Occupational Health and Safety Administration
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Institutes of Health also participates in this group.
In the absence of conclusive information about any possible risk, what can
concerned individuals do?
If there is a risk from these products--and at this point we do not know that there is--it is
probably very small. But if people are concerned about avoiding even potential risks,
there are simple steps they can take to do so. For example, time is a key factor in how
much exposure a person receives. Those persons who spend long periods of time on
their hand-held mobile phones could consider holding lengthy conversations on
conventional phones and reserving the hand-held models for shorter conversations or
for situations when other types of phones are not available.