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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 radiofrequency energy (RF) in the microwave range while being used. They also emit very 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?
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Safety
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 radiofrequency energy (RF) 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 RF of the type emitted by wireless phones;
● Design wireless phones in a way that minimizes any
RF exposure to the user that is not necessary for
device function; and
● Cooperate in providing users of wireless phones
with the best possible information on possible
effects of wireless phone use on human health.
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