Health and Safety Information 119Children and Cell PhonesThe scientific evidence does not show a dangerto any users of cell phones from RF exposure,including children and teenagers. The stepsadults can take to reduce RF exposure apply tochildren and teenagers as well.• Reduce the amount of time spent on the cell phone;• Use speaker mode or a headset to place moredistance between the head and the cell phone.Some groups sponsored by other nationalgovernments have advised that children bediscouraged from using cell phones at all. Forexample, The Stewart Report from the UnitedKingdom made such a recommendation inDecember 2000. In this report, a group ofindependent experts noted that no evidenceexists that using a cell phone causes braintumors or other ill effects. Their recommendationto limit cell phone use by children was strictlyprecautionary; it was not based on scientificevidence that any health hazard exists.Additional information on the safety of RFexposures from various sources can be obtainedfrom the following organizations (updated 10/1/2010):• FCC RF Safety Program:http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/.• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):http://www.epa.gov/radtown/wireless-tech.html.• Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA):http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/radiofrequencyradiation/.(Note: This web address is case sensitive.)• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health(NIOSH):http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/.• World Health Organization (WHO):http://www.who.int/peh-emf/en/.• International Commission on Non-Ionizing RadiationProtection:http://www.icnirp.de.• Health Protection Agency:http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/Radiation/.• US Food and Drug Administration:http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/RadiationEmittingProductsandProcedures/HomeBusinessandEntertainment/CellPhones/default.htm.Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)Certification InformationYour wireless phone is a radio transmitter andreceiver. It is designed and manufactured not toexceed the exposure limits for Radio Frequency(RF) energy set by the Federal CommunicationsCommission (FCC) of the U.S. Government.