LG LG501C - Manual (Page 79)

phone 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
radiofrequency energy (RF)
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
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