LG AN430 Owners Manual - Page 98

Safety participates in some interagency working group activities, as well. questions discussed in this document. The FDA shares regulatory responsibilities for wireless phones with the Federal 3. What kinds of phones are the subject of this update? Communications Commission The term "wireless phone" refers (FCC). All phones that are sold here to handheld wireless phones in the United States must comply with built-in antennas, often with FCC safety guidelines that called "cell", "mobile", or "PCS" limit RF exposure. phones. These types of wireless The FCC relies on the FDA and other health agencies for safety questions about wireless phones. The 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 subject of the safety 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 FCC safety guidelines that were developed with the advice of the 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 96 Safety