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] The data saved in your phone might be
deleted due to 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.
] 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.
FDA Consumer Update
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Centre
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
low levels of RF when in the standby mode.
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