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Safety

thegovernmentintheUnitedKingdomdistributedleaetscontaining

sucharecommendationinDecember2000.Theynotedthatnoevidence

existsthatusingawirelessphonecausesbraintumorsorotherilleffects.

Theirrecommendationtolimitwirelessphoneusebychildrenwasstrictly

precautionary;itwasnotbasedonscienticevidencethatanyhealthhazard

exists.

11. What about wireless phone interference with medical

equipment?

RadioFrequency(RF)energyfromwirelessphones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debrillatorsfromwirelesstelephones.Thistest

methodisnowpartofastandardsponsoredbytheAssociationforthe

AdvancementofMedicalInstrumentation(AAMI).Thenal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debrillatorsaresafefromwireless

phoneEMI.

TheFDAhastestedhearingaidsforinterferencefromhandheldwireless

phonesandhelpeddevelopavoluntarystandardsponsoredbytheInstitute

ofElectricalandElectronicEngineers(IEEE).Thisstandardspeciestest

methodsandperformancerequirementsforhearingaidsandwireless

phonessothatnointerferenceoccurswhenapersonusesa“compatible”

phoneanda“compatible”hearingaidatthesametime.Thisstandardwas

approvedbytheIEEEin2000.

TheFDAcontinuestomonitortheuseofwirelessphonesforpossible

interactionswithothermedicaldevices.Shouldharmfulinterferencebe

foundtooccur,theFDAwillconducttestingtoassesstheinterferenceand

worktoresolvetheproblem.

12. Where can I ﬁnd additional information?

Foradditionalinformation,pleaserefertothefollowingresources:

FDAwebpageonwirelessphones(http://www.fda.gov),under“C”inthe

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