Samsung SGH-X105NBATMB - Manual (Page 129)

H ealth and Safety Inform ation
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SAR Values
Head: 0.491 (W/kg)
Body-worn: 0.38 (W/kg)
Distance: 1.5 (cm)
FDA Consumer Update
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 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.
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 authority to take action if wireless
phones are shown to emit radio frequency energy (RF) at a
level that is hazardous to the user. In such a case, FDA could
require the manufacturers of wireless phones to notify users of
the health hazard and to repair, replace or recall the phones so
that the hazard no longer exists.