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• Federal Communications Commission
• Occupational Health and Safety Administration
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Institutes of Health also participates in this group.
In the absence of conclusive information about any
possible risk, what can concerned individuals do?
If there is a risk from these products – and at this point we do not know that there is – it is probably
very small. But if people are concerned about avoiding even potential risks, there are simple steps
they can take to do so. For example, time is a key factor in how much exposure a person receives.
Those persons who spend long periods of time on their hand-held mobile phones could consider
holding lengthy conversations on conventional phones and reserving the hand-held models for
shorter conversations or for situations when other types of phones are not available.
People who must conduct extended conversations in their cars every day could switch to a type
of mobile phone that places more distance between their bodies and the source of the RF, since
the exposure level drops off dramatically with distance. For example, they could switch to:
• a mobile phone in which the antenna is located outside the vehicle,
• a hand-held phone with a built-in antenna connected to a different antenna mounted on the
outside of the car or built into a separate package, or
• a headset with a remote antenna to a mobile phone carried at the waist.
Where can I find additional information?
For additional information, see the following websites:
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF Safety Program (select
“Information on Human Exposure to RF Fields from Cellular and PCS Radio
Transmitters”): http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety
• World Health Organization (WHO) International Commission on Non-Ionizing
Radiation Protection (select Qs & As): http://www.who.int/emf
• United Kingdom, National Radiological Protection Board: http://www.nrpb.org.uk
• Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA): http://www.wow-
com.com
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for devices and Radiological
Health: http://www.fda.gov/cdhr/consumer/
1 Muscat et al. Epidemiological Study of Cellular Telephone Use and Malignant Brain Tumors. In: State of the Science
Symposium; 1999 June 20; Long Beach, California.