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For Your Safety 145
Do wireless devices pose any special risks to children?
The FDA/FCC website states that “the scientific evidence does not show a
danger to users of wireless communication devices, including children.” The FDA/
FCC website further states that “some groups sponsored by other national
governments have advised that children be discouraged from using wireless devices
at all.” For example, the Stewart Report from the United Kingdom [“UK”] made
such a recommendation in December 2000. In this report a group of independent
experts noted that no evidence exists that using a cell phone causes brain tumors
or other ill effects. [The UK’s] recommendation to limit cell phone use by children
was strictly precautionary; it was not based on scientific evidence that any health
hazard exists. A copy of the UK’s leaflet is available at
http://www.dh.gov.uk
(search
“mobile”), or you can write to: NRPB, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 ORQ, United
Kingdom. Copies of the UK’s annual reports on mobile phones and RF are available
online at
http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/
(search “mobile”). Parents who wish to
reduce their children’s RF exposure may choose to restrict their children’s wireless
device use.
Where can I get further information about RF emissions?
For further information, see the following additional resources (websites current as
of April 2005):
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Consumer magazine November-December 2000
Telephone: (888) INFO-FDA
http://www.fda.gov
(Under “c” in the subject index, select Cell Phones Research.)
U.S. Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C.20554
Telephone: (888) 225-5322
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety
Royal Society of Canada Expert Panels on Potential Health Risks of Radio
Frequency Fields from Wireless Telecommunication Devices
283 Sparks Street Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X9 Canada
Telephone: (613) 991-6990
http://www.rsc.ca/index.php?page=Expert_Panels_RF&Lang_id=120
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