Health and Safety Information 249Section 11: Health and Safety InformationThis section outlines the safety precautions associated withusing your Galaxy Tab. The terms “GALAXY” or “mobiledevice” are used in this section to refer to your Galaxy Tab.Read this information before using your mobile device.Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF)SignalsAlthough GALAXY is not a cell phone, it can operate on thesame network as cell phones and can use the same RadioFrequency (RF) signals to communicate with the network asa cell phone. Therefore, although the following informationrefers specifically to RF exposure from wireless phones, itmay apply similarly to GALAXY when it is being used on a cellphone network.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has publishedinformation for consumers relating to Radio Frequency (RF)exposure from wireless phones. The FDA publicationincludes the following information:Do cell phones pose a health hazard?Many people are concerned that cell phone radiation willcause cancer or other serious health hazards. The weight ofscientific evidence has not linked cell phones with any healthproblems.Cell phones emit low levels of Radio Frequency (RF) energy.Over the past 15 years, scientists have conducted hundredsof studies looking at the biological effects of the radiofrequency energy emitted by cell phones. While someresearchers have reported biological changes associatedwith RF energy, these studies have failed to be replicated.The majority of studies published have failed to show anassociation between exposure to radio frequency from a cellphone and health problems.The low levels of RF cell phones emit while in use are in themicrowave frequency range. They also emit RF atsubstantially reduced time intervals when in the stand-bymode. Whereas high levels of RF can produce health effects(by heating tissue), exposure to low level RF that does notproduce heating effects causes no known adverse healtheffects.
