Usage guidelines: All about performance and safety 115or approved carrying case, holster or other body-wornaccessory. If you do not use a body-worn accessory, ensurethat the antenna is at least one inch (2.5 centimeters) fromyour body when transmitting. Use of non- Samsung approvedaccessories may violate FCC RF exposure guidelines.For more information about RF exposure, please visit theFCC website at www.fcc.gov.FDA Consumer UpdateDo wireless phones pose a health hazard?The available scientific evidence does not show that anyhealth problems are associated with using wireless phones.There is no proof, however, that wireless phones areabsolutely safe. Wireless phones emit low levels of radiofrequency energy (RF) in the microwave range while beingused. They also emit very low levels of RF when in the stand-by mode. Whereas high levels of RF can produce healtheffects (by heating tissue), exposure to low level RF that doesnot produce heating effects causes no known adverse healtheffects. Many studies of low level RF exposures have notfound any biological effects. Some studies have suggestedthat some biological effects may occur, but such findingshave not been confirmed by additional research. In somecases, other researchers have had difficulty in reproducingthose studies, or in determining the reasons for inconsistentresultsWhat is FDA’s role concerning the safety ofwireless phones?Under the law, FDA does not review the safety of radiation-emitting consumer products such as wireless phones beforethey can be sold, as it does with new drugs or medicaldevices. However, the agency has authority to take action ifwireless phones are shown to emit radio frequency energy(RF) at a level that is hazardous to the user. In such a case,
