User manual
Table Of Contents
- About this user guide
- About this user guide
- Important notice
- Getting to know your device
- Your Home screen
- Google account setup
- Connecting to Networks and Devices
- Contacts
- Entertainment
- Tools
- The Web
- Settings
- LG Backup
- Tablet software update
- Accessories
- Troubleshooting
- For Your Safety
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OtherstudiesexposedtheanimalstoRFforupto22hoursperday.These
conditionsarenotsimilartotheconditionsunderwhichpeopleusewireless
devices,sowedonotknowwithcertaintywhattheresultsofsuchstudies
meanforhumanhealth.Threelargeepidemiologystudieshavebeen
publishedsinceDecember2000.Betweenthem,thestudiesinvestigated
anypossibleassociationbetweentheuseofwirelessdevicesandprimary
braincancer,glioma,meningioma,oracousticneuroma,tumorsofthe
brainorsalivarygland,leukemia,orothercancers.Noneofthestudies
demonstratedtheexistenceofanyharmfulhealtheffectsfromwireless
deviceRFexposures.However,noneofthestudiescananswerquestions
aboutlong-termexposures,sincetheaverageperiodofdeviceuseinthese
studieswasaroundthreeyears.
5. What research is needed to decide whether RF exposure from
tablets poses a health risk?
Acombinationoflaboratorystudiesandepidemiologicalstudiesofpeople
actuallyusingtabletswouldprovidesomeofthedatathatareneeded.
Lifetimeanimalexposurestudiescouldbecompletedinafewyears.
However,verylargenumbersofanimalswouldbeneededtoprovidereliable
proofofacancerpromotingeffectifoneexists.Epidemiologicalstudies
canprovidedatathatisdirectlyapplicabletohumanpopulations,butten
ormoreyearsfollow-upmaybeneededtoprovideanswersaboutsome
healtheffects,suchascancer.Thisisbecausetheintervalbetweenthetime
ofexposuretoacancer-causingagentandthetimetumorsdevelop—if
theydo—maybemany,manyyears.Theinterpretationofepidemiological
studiesishamperedbydifficultiesinmeasuringactualRFexposureduring
day-to-dayuseoftablets.Manyfactorsaffectthismeasurement,suchasthe
angleatwhichthetabletisheld,orwhichmodeloftabletisused.