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Additional information on the safety of RF exposures from various
sources can be obtained from the following organizations
(updated 10/1/2010):
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FCC RF Safety Program:
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/.
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
http://www.epa.gov/radtown/wireless-tech.html.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA):
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/radiofrequencyradiation/.
(Note: This web address is case sensitive.)
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH):
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/.
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World Health Organization (WHO):
http://www.who.int/peh-emf/en/.
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International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection:
http://www.icnirp.de.
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Health Protection Agency:
http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/Radiation/.
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US Food and Drug Administration:
http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/
RadiationEmittingProductsandProcedures/
HomeBusinessandEntertainment/CellPhones/default.htm.
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Certification
Information
Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is
designed and manufactured not to exceed the exposure limits for
Radio Frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) of the U.S. Government.
These FCC RF exposure limits are derived from the
recommendations of two expert organizations: the National
Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) and
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In both
cases, the recommendations were developed by scientific and
engineering experts drawn from industry, government, and
academia after extensive reviews of the scientific literature
related to the biological effects of RF energy.
The RF exposure limit set by the FCC for wireless mobile phones
employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific
Absorption Rate (SAR). The SAR is a measure of the rate of
absorption of RF energy by the human body expressed in units of
watts per kilogram (W/kg). The FCC requires wireless phones to
comply with a safety limit of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg).
The FCC SAR limit incorporates a substantial margin of safety to
give additional protection to the public and to account for any
variations in measurements.