LG AX4750 User Manual

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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 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

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