108CORRECTLY ORIENTATED IN A VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL OR FLOORMOUNT POSITION.Consumer Information on Wireless PhonesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a seriesof Questions and Answers for consumers relating to radio frequency(RF) exposure from wireless phones. The FDA publication includes thefollowing information:What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?The term wireless phone refers here to hand-held wireless phoneswith built-in antennas, often called "cell," "mobile," or "PCS"phones. These types of wireless phones can expose the user tomeasurable radio frequency energy (RF) because of the shortdistance between the phone and the user's head. These RFexposures are limited by Federal Communications Commission safetyguidelines that were developed with the advice of FDA and otherfederal health and safety agencies.When the phone is located at greater distances from the user, theexposure to RF is drastically lower because a person's RF exposuredecreases rapidly with increasing distance from the source. The so-called "cordless phones," which have a base unit connected to thetelephone wiring in a house, typically operate at far lower powerlevels, and thus produce RF exposures well within the FCC'scompliance limits.
