For Your Safety
equipment, in the area over the air bag or in the air
bag deployment area. If in-vehicle wireless equipment
is improperly installed and the air bag inflates, serious
injury could result.
FDA Consumer Update
The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration's Center for Devices
and Radiological Health Consumer
Update on Mobile Tablets:
1. Do tablets pose a health hazard?
The available scientific evidence does not show that any
health problems are associated with using tablets.
There is no proof, however, that tablets are absolutely
safe. Tablets emit low levels of Radio Frequency (RF)
energy in the microwave range while being used. They
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also emit very low levels of RF when in idle mode.
Whereas high levels of RF can produce health effects
(by heating tissue), exposure to low level RF that does
not produce heating effects causes no known adverse
health effects. Many studies of low level RF exposures
have not found any biological effects. Some studies have
suggested that some biological effects may occur, but
such findings have not been confirmed by additional
research. In some cases, other researchers have had
difficulty in reproducing those studies, or in determining
the reasons for inconsistent results.
2. What is the FDA's role concerning the safety of
tablets?
Under the law, the FDA does not review the safety of
radiation-emitting consumer products such as tablets
before they can be sold, as it does with new drugs or
medical devices. However, the agency has authority to