Manufacturers do not plan to label the actual phones with SAR values but rather the packages that the phones come in. The British Stewart inquiry, which published its findings in May, concluded there was no evidence of danger from mobile phone radiation but recommended tough controls be implemented, including dissuading children from using cellphones too much. In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission already requires cellphones to meet radiation safety standards and all manufacturers are required to give their phones SAR levels to the FCC before they are approved for sale nationally. Consumers can already get the radiation absorption numbers for specific models from the FCC, Hedman said. SAR measures the maximum quantity or radiation absorbed by a kilogram of tissue from a cellphone.
Mobile phones are, in effect, tiny radio stations that send and receive.
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