Usage guidelines: all about performance and safety 169Where can I find additional information?For additional information, please refer to the followingresources:• FDA web page on wireless phones(http://www.fda.gov/cellphones/)• Federal Communications Commission FCC) RFSafety Program(http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety)• International Commission on Non-IonizingRadiation Protection(http://www.icnirp.de)• World Health Organization (WHO) InternationalEMF Project(http://www.who.int/peh-emf/en/)• National Radiological Protection Board (UK)(http://www.nrpb.org/)CTIA Safety InformationExposure to radio frequency signalsYour wireless hand held portable telephone is a low powerradio transmitter and receiver. When it is ON, it receives andalso sends out radio frequency (RF) signals.In August, 1996, the Federal Communications Commissions(FCC) adopted RF exposure guidelines with safety levels forhand-held wireless phones. Those guidelines are consistentwith the safety standards previously set by both U.S. andinternational standard bodies:• ANSI C95.1 (1992)• NCRP Report 86 (1986)• ICNIRP (1996)
