Samsung SGH N105 User Manual

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120 SGH-N105 July 23, 2001Safety Information SGH-N105 User ManualSafety InformationThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices andRadiological Health Consumer Update on Mobile PhonesFDA has been receiving inquiries about the safety of mobile phones,including cellular phones and PCS phones. The following summarizeswhat is known--and what remains unknown--about whether theseproducts can pose a hazard to health, and what can be done to minimizeany potential risk. This information may be used to respond toquestions.Why the concern?Mobile phones emit low levels of radio frequency energy (i.e., radiofrequency radiation) in the microwave range while being used. Theyalso emit very low levels of radio frequency energy (RF), considerednon-significant, when in the stand-by mode. It is well known that highlevels of RF can produce biological damage through heating effects (thisis how your microwave oven is able to cook food). However, it is notknown whether, to what extent, or through what mechanism, lowerlevels of RF might cause adverse health effects as well. Although someresearch has been done to address these questions, no clear picture ofthe biological effects of this type of radiation has emerged to date. Thus,the available science does not allow us to conclude that mobile phonesare absolutely safe, or that they are unsafe. However, the availablescientific evidence does not demonstrate any adverse health effectsassociated with the use of mobile phones.What kinds of phones are in question?Questions have been raised about hand-held mobile phones, the kindthat have a built-in antenna that is positioned close to the user's headduring normal telephone conversation. These types of mobile phonesare of concern because of the short distance between the phone'santenna--the primary source of the RF--and the person's head. Theexposure to RF from mobile phones in which the antenna is located atgreater distances from the user (on the outside of a car, for example) isdrastically lower than that from hand-held phones, because a person's