Fda Consumer Update - LG VX5200 Manual Del Usuario

Safety
The power cord on this product will expose you to lead, a
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chemical known to the State of California to cause (cancer)
birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after
handling.
G Do not paint your phone.
The data saved in your phone might be deleted due to
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careless use, repair of the phone, or upgrade of the
software. Please backup your important phone numbers.
(Ring tones, text messages, voice messages, pictures, and
videos could also be deleted.)
The manufacturer is not liable for damage due to the loss of data.
G When you use the phone in public places, set the ring tone
to vibration so as not to disturb others.
Do not turn your phone on or off when putting it in your ear.
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FDA Consumer Update

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center
for Devices and Radiological Health Consumer
Update on Mobile Phones:
1. Do wireless phones pose a health hazard?
The available 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
in the microwave range while being used. They also emit very
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low levels of RF when in the Main Menu Screen. Whereas high
levels of RF can produce health effects (by heating tissue),
exposure to low level RF that does not produce heating effects
causes no known adverse health effects. Many studies of low
level RF exposures have not found any biological effects. Some
studies have suggested that some biological effects may occur,
but such findings have not been confirmed by additional
research. In some cases, other researchers have had difficulty
in reproducing those studies, or in determining the reasons for
inconsistent results.
2. 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 do not justify FDA
regulatory actions, the FDA has urged the wireless phone
industry to take a number of steps, including the following:
Support needed research into possible biological effects of
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RF of the type emitted by wireless phones.
Design wireless phones in a way that minimizes any RF
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exposure to the user that is not necessary for device
function. And