What are the results of the research done already – LG LGP769BK User Manual

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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 questions discussed

in this document.

3. What kinds of phones

are the subject of this

update?

The term “wireless phone” refers

here to handheld wireless phones

with built-in antennas, often

called “cell”, “mobile”, or “PCS”

phones. These types of wireless

phones can expose the user to

measurable Radio Frequency

(RF) energy 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

from the source. The so-called

“cordless phones,” which have

a base unit connected to the

telephone wiring in a house,

typically operate at far lower

power levels, and thus produce

RF exposures far below the FCC

safety limits.

4. What are the results

of the research done

already?

The research done thus far has

produced conflicting results,

and many studies have suffered

from flaws in their research

methods. Animal experiments

investigating the effects of Radio

Frequency (RF) energy exposures

characteristic of wireless phones

have yielded conflicting results

that often cannot be repeated

in other laboratories. A few

animal studies, however, have

suggested that low levels of RF

could accelerate the development

of cancer in laboratory animals.

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