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ElectromagneticFields(EMF)Projectsinceitsinceptionin1996.Aninfluentialresultof 

thisworkhasbeenthedevelopmentofadetailedagendaofresearchneedsthathas

driventheestablishmentofnewresearchprogramsaroundtheworld.TheProjecthas

alsohelpeddevelopaseriesofpublicinformationdocumentson

EMFissues.FDAand

theCellularTelecommunications&InternetAssociation(CTIA)haveaformal

CooperativeResearchandDevelopmentAgreement(CRADA)todoresearchonwireless

phonesafety.FDAprovidesthescientificoversight,obtaininginputfromexpertsin

government,industry,andacademicorganizations.CTIA‐fundedresearchisconducted

throughcontractsto

independentinvestigators.Theinitialresearchwillincludebot h

laboratorystudiesandstudiesofwirelessphoneusers.TheCRADAwillalsoincludea

broadassessmentofadditionalresearchneedsinthecontextofthelatestresearch

developmentsaroundtheworld.

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7.HowcanIfindouthowmuchradiofrequencyenergyexposureIcanget

byusingmywirelessphone?

AllphonessoldintheUnitedStatesmustcomplywithFederalCommunications

Commission(FCC)guidelinesthatlimitradiofrequencyenergy(RF)exposures.FCC

establishedtheseguidelinesin

consultationwithFDAandtheotherfederalhealthandsafetyagencies.TheFCClimit

forRFexposurefromwirelesstelephonesissetataSpecific

AbsorptionRate(SAR)of

1.6wattsperkilogram(1.6W/kg).TheFCClimitisconsistentwiththesafetystandards

developedbytheInstituteofElectricalandElectronicEngineering(IEEE)andthe

NationalCouncilonRadiationProtectionandMeasurement.Theexposurelimittakes

intoconsiderationthebody’sabilitytoremove

heatfromthetissuesthatabsorb

energyfromthewirelessphoneandissetwellbelowlevelsknowntohaveeffects.

ManufacturersofwirelessphonesmustreporttheRFexposurelevelforeachmodelof

phonetotheFCC.TheFCCwebsite(http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety)givesdirections

forlocatingtheFCCidentificationnumber

onyourphonesoyoucanfindyourphone’s

RFexposurelevelintheonlinelisting.

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8.WhathasFDAdonetomeasuretheradiofrequencyenergycoming

fromwirelessphones?

TheInstituteofElectricalandElectronicEngineers(IEEE)isdevelopingatechnical

standardformeasuringtheradiofrequencyenergy(RF)exposurefromwirelessphones

andotherwirelesshandsetswiththeparticipationandleadershipofFDAscientistsand

engineers.Thestandard,“RecommendedPracticeforDeterminingtheSpatial‐Peak

SpecificAbsorptionRate(SAR)in

theHumanBodyDuetoWirelessCommunications

Devices:ExperimentalTechniques,”setsforththefirstconsistenttestmethodologyfor

measuringtherateatwhichRFisdepositedintheheadsofwirelessphoneusers.The

testmethodusesatissue‐simulatingmodelofthehumanhead.StandardizedSARtest

methodologyis

expectedtogreatlyimprovetheconsistencyofmeasurementsmadeat

differentlaboratoriesonthesamephone.SARisthemeasurementoftheamountof