ADVISORY/FDA to Study Cell-Phone Safety.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2000 TOPIC: The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association See TIA. (body, standard) Telecommunications Industry Association - (TIA) An association that sets standards for communications cabling. Cables that TIA set standards for include: EIA/TIA-568A and EIA/TIA-568B category three, four and five cable. (CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. ) has agreed to offer approximately $1 million to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. ) to conduct studies to discover whether or not there are health risks from cell phone usage, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report by The Associated Press. The FDA monitors the safety of consumer products that may emit radiation. A panel of international experts will decide the logistics of the study and will choose independent scientists to conduct the study. Results of the study will, allegedly, go through the standard scientific review to prove to the public, regardless of the outcome, that the findings are unbiased. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Mr. Michael O'Brien, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of GoAhead Software, is an expert on the technology required to make Internet appliances (e.g., cell phones, PDAs, etc.) and communications and Internet infrastructure equipment self-reliant, by incorporating fault management, high availability, remote upgrading and remote access and control into the device. 425/468-5420 PR: Ariana Nikitas, Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Manager (arianan@goahead.com). Mr. Jerry Reynolds, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of president of Nextel Communications, has expertise is in the area of wireless communications, including cellular telephone services, paging, web-based services, global telephone services, and Direct Connect -- Nextel's digital two-way radio feature. 914/448-4446 PR: Diane Rainey (diane.rainey@nextel.com). Professor Mark A. Mandelkern, of the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Irvine, Physics Department, is an expert on topics such as radiation and health sciences. 949/824-6944 949/824-5011 (University PR Phone) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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