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American Academy of Audiology
11730 Plaza American Drive, Suite 300 Reston, VA 20190
Voice: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Internet: www.audiology.org
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive, MSC 2320 Bethesda, MD USA 20892-2320
Voice: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Internet: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Hubert H. Humphrey Bldg. 200 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20201
Voice: 1-800-35-NIOSH (1-800-232-4636)
Internet: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/default.html
FDA consumer update
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for
Devices and Radiological Health Consumer Update on Mobile
Phones:
1. What is the FDA's role concerning the safety of wireless
phones?
Under the law, the FDA does not review the safety of
radiation-emitting 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 Radio Frequency (RF) energy
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 does not justify FDA
regulatory actions, the FDA has urged the wireless phone