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For Your Safety

10. What about children using tablets?

Thescientificevidencedoesnotshowadangertousersoftablets,includingchildren

andteenagers.IfyouwanttotakestepstolowerexposuretoRadioFrequency(RF)

energy,themeasuresdescribedabovewouldapplytochildrenandteenagersusing

tablets.Reducingthetimeoftabletuseandincreasingthedistancebetweentheuser

andtheRFsourcewillreduceRFexposure.

Somegroupssponsoredbyothernationalgovernmentshaveadvisedthatchildrenbe

discouragedfromusingwirelessdevicesatall.Forexample,thegovernmentinthe

UnitedKingdomdistributedleafletscontainingsucharecommendationinDecember

2000.Theynotedthatnoevidenceexiststhatusingawirelessdevicecausesbrain

tumorsorotherilleffects.Theirrecommendationtolimitwirelessdeviceusebychildren

wasstrictlyprecautionary;itwasnotbasedonscientificevidencethatanyhealth

hazardexists.

11. What about wireless communications device interference with medical

equipment?

RadioFrequency(RF)energyfromwirelesscommunicationsdevicescaninteract

withsomeelectronicdevices.Forthisreason,theFDAhelpeddevelopadetailed

testmethodtomeasureElectroMagneticInterference(EMI)ofimplantedcardiac

pacemakersanddefibrillatorsfromwirelessdevices.Thistestmethodisnowpartofa

standardsponsoredbytheAssociationfortheAdvancementofMedicalInstrumentation

(AAMI).Thefinaldraft,ajointeffortbytheFDA,medicaldevicemanufacturers,and

manyothergroups,wascompletedinlate2000.Thisstandardwillallowmanufacturers

toensurethatcardiacpacemakersanddefibrillatorsaresafefromwireless

communicationsdeviceEMI.

TheFDAhastestedhearingaidsforinterferencefromhandheldwirelessdevices

andhelpeddevelopavoluntarystandardsponsoredbytheInstituteofElectricaland

ElectronicEngineers(IEEE).Thisstandardspecifiestestmethodsandperformance

requirementsforhearingaidsandwirelesscommunicationsdevicessothatno

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