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NewsBreaks external power supplies. The DOE must determine by not later than August 2008 whether a need exists to develop conservation standards for battery chargers and external power supplies. Toward that end, the Department has begun its efforts to assess potential energy savings from making the technical improvements in these products that would be required to conserve energy.” Conformity, March 2007 Five years ago China Ready to Implement Strict Mobile Radiation Standards “The world’s largest market for mobile telephones was reportedly ready to implement some of the world’s toughest limits for radio frequency (RF) emissions from such devices. According to a recent report in the IEEE’s Spectrum Magazine, China was slated to adopt SAR limits of 1W/kg for radiation passing from a wireless handset to the user. That’s half the limit adopted by the International Commission on NonIonizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and well below the U.S. standard of 1.6 W/kg.” Conformity, March 2003 Ten years ago FDA Reform Bill Signed Into Law “Capping years of efforts to streamline the approval process for medical devices and treatments by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), President Clinton has signed into law the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Modernization Act of 1997. The new law provides for broad reform of the FDA’s practices and procedures in a variety of areas, including prescription drugs, investigational therapies, and even the agency’s review of food labeling requirements.” Conformity, March 1998 Web Directory Advertisers Advanced Test Equipment Rentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 AR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7, 21 Captor Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Chomerics, Division of Parker Hannifin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Compatible Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Com-Power Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C3 Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Curtis-Straus LLC, a Bureau Veritas company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 DDB Unlimited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 E.D.&D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ETS-Lindgren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, C4 Fotofab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Haefely EMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 HV TECHNOLOGIES, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 IEEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Intertek ETL Semko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Laird Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Leader Tech Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 2 Conformity marCh 2008 Magnetic Shield Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 The MuShield Company Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Panashield Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Product Safety Engineering, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Radius Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Retlif Testing Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Spira Manufacturing Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 TDK Corporation of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Tech Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Tech-Etch, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Thermo Fisher Scientific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 TÜV SÜD America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Underwriters Laboratories Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C2/3 Westec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 http://www.tuvamerica.com http://www.ets-lindgren.com http://www.tuvamerica.com http://www.ets-lindgren.com

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Conformity Magazine - March 2008 NewsBreaks Editor's Note Adelstein Renominated to the FCC Industry Canada Publishes FAQs On RF Fields FDA Gives Its Scientific Capabilities Poor Marks FDA Offers Guidance On its Product Review Process FDA Publishes Updates to List of Recognized Standards FDA Warns of Patient Risk From Electric Dental Handpieces Complying with the EMC Directive, Second Edition ESD Open Forum Emerging Issues in Standards - Korean "RoHS": Not Like RoHS at All The iNARTE Informer Challenges in Testing - Field-Induced Charged Device Model: What Really Happens Design Fundamentals - EMI Shielding Technologies for Consumer Electronics Equipment Focus On...Compliance Software Buyer's Guide Additional Standards Published for the EU's ATEX Directive Additional Standards for the EU's Medical Devices Directive Also Published China to Require Bar Codes to Enhance Product Safety CPSC Releases 2007 Self-Assessment CPSC Actions in News IEC Standards Update UL Standards Update Product Reviews Telcordia Standards Update From Our "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" Department Looking Back: Items from Past Issues of Conformity Advertisers

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