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AT&T Prepaid Wireless Cell Phones and Your Health
In consultation with federal health and safety agencies, such as
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the FCC has adopted limits
for safe exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy. These limits are
given in terms of a unit referred to as the Specific Absorption
Rate (SAR), which is a measure of the rate of absorption of RF energy
in the body. The FCC requires cell phone manufacturers to ensure
that their phones comply with these objective limits for safe exposure.
Any cell phone at or below these SAR levels (that is, any phone
legally sold in the U.S.) is a "safe" phone, as measured
by these standards. Information on SAR levels for many phones is
available electronically through the FCC’s Office of Engineering
and Technology at http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety, or by calling
the FCC’s information line for RF Safety, (202) 418-2464.
There is no scientific evidence to date that proves that wireless
phone usage can lead to cancer or other adverse health effects,
such as headaches, dizziness, elevated blood pressure, or memory
loss. However, studies are ongoing, and key government agencies
such as the FDA continue to monitor the results of the latest scientific
research on this topic. See FDA Web site at www.fda.gov/cdrh/phones.
Also, the World Health Organization (WHO) has established an ongoing
program to monitor research in this area and make recommendations
related to the safety of mobile phones. See WHO Web site at www.who.int/peh-emf.
Cell phones have been shown to have an indirect effect in one health
area, in that they potentially can cause interference to implanted
cardiac pacemakers under certain conditions. Some studies show that
mobile phones could interfere with implanted cardiac pacemakers
if the phone is placed within eight inches of the pacemaker during
use. To avoid this potential problem, pacemaker patients may want
to avoid placing a phone in a pocket close to the location of their
pacemaker.
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