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II 4G Health/Safety/Warranty Guide 17
The 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:
1. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
2. Environmental Protection Agency
3. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
4. National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Institutes of Health participates in some interagency working group activities as well. The 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 act to limit RF exposure. The FCC relies on the FDA and other health agencies for safety
questions about wireless phones.
The 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 subject of the safety questions discussed in this document.
2. Do wireless phones pose a health hazard?
Current scientific evidence does not show that any health problems are associated with using wireless phones. There is no proof, however,
that wireless phones are absolutely safe. Wireless phones emit low levels of Radio Frequency (RF) energy while operating microwave
ranges (which also emit very low levels of RF when they are in standby mode). While high levels of RF can produce health effects (by
heating tissue), exposure to low-level RF that does not produce heating effects results in no known adverse health effects. Many studies of
low-level RF exposures have not uncovered any biological effects. Although some studies have suggested that some biological effects may
occur, such findings have not been confirmed by additional research. In some cases, other researchers have had difficulty in reproducing
those studies, and/or determining the reasons for inconsistent results.
3. What are the results of the research done already?