TechNews: FCC confident in its mobile phone radiation limits, seeks second opinions

Cast your memory back to last summer. Sweep away
memories of iPhone 5 leaks galore, and you might
remember that the US Government Accountability
Office (GAO) asked the FCC to reevaluate its radiation limits for
mobile phones. Now a few
seasons later, the FCC has finally wrapped up a
re port that responds to the GAO, and there are no
changes to its RF radiation levels in sight because it feels
comfortable with its current caps. "We continue
to have confidence in the current exposure limits,
and note that more recent international standards
have a similar basis," reads the report.
However,
given that its guidelines were adopted in 1996, new
research on radiation and the proliferation of mobile
devices, the FCC would like some feedback regarding
its restrictions. It's put out a call for comments from
concerned parties and even federal health and safety
bodies.
Though the freshly-released document didn't rock
the proverbial boat, it made one change worth
noting. The pinna (outer ear) is now classified an
extremity, which means the FCC allows devices to hit
the tissue with more radiation.