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Section 4: Safety Guidelines and Warranty Information
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. Entry points into the various databases include frequency,
state/county, latitude/longitude, call-sign and licensee name. For further
information on the Commission's existing databases, you can contact
Donald Campbell at dcampbel@fcc.gov or 202-418-2405.
15. Can local and state governmental bodies establish limits for RF
exposure?
Although some local and state governments have enacted rules and
regulations about human exposure to RF energy in the past, the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires the Federal Government to
control human exposure to RF emissions. In particular, Section 704 of
the Act states that, "No State or local government or instrumentality
thereof may regulate the placement, construction, and modification of
personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental
effects of radio frequency emissions to the extent that such facilities
comply with the Commission's regulations concerning such emissions."
Further information on federal authority and FCC policy is available in a
fact sheet from the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at
www.fcc.gov/wtb.
16. 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 energy (RF) in the microwave range while being used.
They also emit very low levels of RF when in the stand-by 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.
17. What is FDA's role concerning the safety of wireless phones?
Under the law, 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