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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Institutes of Health participates in some interagency
working group activities, as well.
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 limit RF
exposure. FCC relies on FDA and other health agencies for safety
questions about wireless phones.
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 primary subject
of the safety questions discussed in this document.
18. What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?
The term “wireless phone” refers here to hand-held wireless phones with
built-in antennas, often called “cell,” “mobile,” or “PCS” phones. These
types of wireless phones can expose the user to measurable
radiofrequency energy (RF) because of the short distance between the
phone and the user’s head. These RF exposures are limited by Federal
Communications Commission safety guidelines that were developed with
the advice of FDA and other federal health and safety agencies. When the
phone is located at greater distances from the user, the exposure to RF is
drastically lower because a person’s RF exposure decreases rapidly with
increasing distance from the source. The so-called “cordless phones,”
which have a base unit connected to the telephone wiring in a house,
typically operate at far lower power levels, and thus produce RF exposures
well within the FCC’s compliance limits.
19. What are the results of the research done already?
The research done thus far has produced conflicting results, and many
studies have suffered from flaws in their research methods. Animal
experiments investigating the effects of radiofrequency energy (RF)
exposures characteristic of wireless phones have yielded conflicting
Summary of Contents for SH-G1000
Page 1: ...User s Guide PCS Vision Picture Phone with Built in Camera Hitachi SH G1000 ...
Page 8: ...4B Customer Limited Warranty 247 Customer Limited Warranty 248 Index 253 ...
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Page 13: ...Section 1 5 Getting Started Section 1 Getting Started ...
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Page 19: ...Section 2 11 Understanding Your Device Section 2 Understanding Your Device ...
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Page 74: ...Section 2 Understanding Your Device 66 2A Your PCS Phone The Basics ...
Page 86: ...Section 2 Understanding Your Device 78 2B Using Your Phone ...
Page 110: ...Section 2 Understanding Your Device 102 2D Controlling Your Device s Settings ...
Page 114: ...Section 2 Understanding Your Device 106 2E Controlling Your Roaming Experience ...
Page 132: ...Section 2 Understanding Your Device 124 2G Using Microsoft Pocket Outlook ...
Page 136: ...Section 2 Understanding Your Device 128 2H Using Your Phone s Voice Services ...
Page 186: ...Section 2 Understanding Your Device 178 2K Connecting with a Personal Computer ...
Page 193: ...Section 3 185 Using PCS Service Features Section 3 Using PCS Service Features ...
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Page 210: ...Section 3 Using PCS Service Features 202 3B PCS Vision ...
Page 214: ...Section 3 Using PCS Service Features 206 3C PCS Voice Command ...
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