User's Manual

User Manual
– 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 thus not the primary
subject of the safety questions discussed in this document.
What is FDA doing to find out more about the possible health
effects of wireless phone RF?
FDA is working with the U.S. National Toxicology Program and
with groups of investigators around the world to ensure that
high priority animal studies are conducted to address
important questions about the effects of exposure to
radiofrequency energy [RF].
FDA has been a leading participant in the World Health
Organization International Electromagnetic Fields [EMF]
Project since its inception in 1996. An influential result of this
work has been the development of a detailed agenda of
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