Working closely 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 amount of radio frequency energy absorbed by the body when using a mobile phone. 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. The FCC limit for public exposure from cellular telephones is an SAR level of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg). 

• Alcatel:

  Click on the link for "To know the SAR value of your Alcatel mobile phone, just click here".

• Audiovox:

  Click on the wireless phone product type, select the repective phone, click on "Find A Manual". The SAR information is located in the manual.

• Benefon:

  Select the respective phone type, click on the phone model, click on product data. The SAR information is located on the product data page.

• Kyocera:

  Select the phone model, click on User Guide. The SAR information is located in the first few pages of the user guides.

• Mitsubishi:

  Select phone model. The SAR information is located on the respective page for each phone.

• Motorola:

  Click on Sar Information, select your region, native language and the phone model number.

• Nokia:

  From shortcuts at bottom of page, select phone model from drop down menu, click FCC Certification Information.

• Panasonic:

  Sar information is located on the Health and Safety page.

• Samsung:

  Select phones and fax machines, select Mobile Phone, select phone model from drop down list, select Get Manual. Most SAR Information is available in the user manual in the Safety information section. If you cannot find the information in the manual, you can also call customer care at 1-888-987-4357 to obtain SAR values per phone model.

• Siemens:

  Select phone model. SAR information is found either in the technical data section located towards the bottom of the technical data page, or in the manual and can be found by searching for the keywords "Specific Absorption Rate".
  NOTE: SAR Information does not appear to be available on-line for some models.

• Sony Ericsson:

  Select phone model, click on Support, click on SAR Information.

The FCC ID number is usually shown somewhere on the case of the phone or device. In many cases, you will have to remove the battery pack to find the number. Once you have the number proceed as follows. Go to the following Web address: www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid. Once you are there you will see instructions for inserting the FCC ID number. Enter the FCC ID number (in two parts as indicated: "Grantee Code" is comprised of the first three characters, the "Equipment Product Code" is the remainder of the FCC ID). Then click on "Start Search." The grant of equipment authorization for this particular ID number should appear. The highest SAR values reported in the equipment certification test data are usually included in the comments section of the grant of equipment certification.

Additional information on Specific Absorption Rates (SAR) can be found on

• the FCC's website at http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/Welcome.html

• the FDA/FCC's website at http://www.fda.gov/cellphones/

• the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) website at http://www.wow-com.com/consumer/issues/health/articles.cfm?ID=334

• the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) website at http://www.cwta.ca

• Cell Phones and Your Health
• FCC Acts to Promote Accessibility of Digital Wireless Phones to Individuals with Hearing Disabilities
• Human Exposure to Radiofrequency (RF) Fields from Mobile Vehicle Mounted Antennas
• Human Exposure To Radio Frequency Fields: Guidelines For Cellular And PCS Sites

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