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People who must conduct extended conversations in their cars every day
could switch to a type of mobile phone that places more distance between
their bodies and the source of the RF , since the exposure level drops off dra-
matically with distance. For example, they could switch to:
• a mobile phone in which the antenna is located outside the vehicle,
• a hand-held phone with a built-in antenna connected to a different antenna
mounted on the outside of the car or built into a separate package, or
• a headset with a remote antenna to a mobile phone carried at the waist.
Where can I find additional information?
For additional information, see the following websites:
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF Safety Program (select "In-
formation on Human Exposure to RF Fields from Cellular and PCS Radio
Transmitters"): http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety.
• World Health Organization (WHO) International Commission on Non-Ioniz-
ing Radiation Protection (select Qs & As): http://www.who.int/emf
• United Kingdom, National Radiological Protection Board: http://www.nr-
pb.org.uk
• Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA): http://www.wow-
com.com
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for devices and Radiolog-
ical Health: Http://www.fda.gov/cdhr/consumer/
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