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Samsung SCH-A530ZSVXAR User Manual

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Design wireless phones in a way that minimizes any RF exposure to the

user that it is not necessary for device function; and

Cooperate in providing users of wireless phones with the best possible

information on possible effects of wireless phone use on human health.

FDA belongs to a interagency working group of the federal agencies that have

responsibility for different aspects of RF safety to ensure coordinated efforts at

the federal level. The following agencies belong to this working group:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Communications Committee

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

The National Institutes of Health participates in some interagency working

group activities, as well.

FDA shares regulatory responsibilities about wireless phones with the Federal

Communications Commission (FCC). All phones that are sold in the United

States must comply with FCC safety guidelines that limit RF exposure. FCC relies

on FDA and other health agencies for safety questions about wireless phones.

FCC also regulates the base stations that the wireless phone networks rely

upon. While these base stations operate at higher power than do the wireless

phones themselves, the wireless exposures that people get from these base

stations are typically thousands of times lower than those they get from wireless

phones. Base stations are thus not the subject of the safety questions discussed

in this document.

What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?

The term “wireless phones” refers here to hand-held wireless phones with

built-in antennas, often called “cell,” “mobile,” or “PCS”. These types of

wireless phones can expose the user to measurable radio frequency energy