LG LG840 Owner's Manual - Page 114

Safety FDA Consumer adverse health effects. Many Update studies of low level RF exposures The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health Consumer Update on Mobile Phones: 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 1. Do wireless phones pose a cases, other researchers have had health hazard? difficulty in reproducing those The available scientific evidence does not show that any health studies, or in determining the reasons for inconsistent results. problems are associated with 2. What is the FDA's role using wireless phones. There is concerning the safety of no proof, however, that wireless wireless phones? Safety 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 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 112 Under the law, the FDA does not review the safety of radiationemitting 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)