User's Manual

Although the existing scientific data do not justify FDA regulatory
actions, FDA has urged the wireless phone industry to take a number
of steps, including the following:
● Support needed research into possible biological effects of RF of
the type emitted by wireless phones;
● Design wireless phones in a way that minimizes any RF exposure to
the user that is not necessary for device function; and
● Cooperate in providing users of wireless phones with the best
possible information on possible effects of wireless phone use on
human health
FDA belongs to an interagency working group of the federal agencies
that have responsibility for different aspects of RF safety to ensure
coordinated efforts at the federal level. The following agencies belong to
this working group:
● National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
● Environmental Protection Agency
● Federal Communications Commission
● Occupational Safety and Health Administration
● National Telecommunications and Information Administration The
National Institutes of Health participates in some interagency working
group activities, as well. FDA shares regulatory responsibilities for
wireless phones with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
All phones that are sold in the United States must comply with FCC
safety guidelines that limit RF exposure. FCC relies on FDA and other
health agencies for safety questions about wireless phones. FCC also
regulates the base stations that the wireless phone networks rely upon.
While these base stations operate at higher power than do the wireless
phones themselves, the RF exposures that people get from these base
stations are typically thousands of times lower than those they can get
from wireless phones. Base stations are