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10. What about children using wireless phones?

The scientific evidence does not show a danger to users of wireless phones,

including children and teenagers. If you want to take steps to lower exposure to

radiofrequencyenergy(RF),themeasuresdescribedabovewouldapplytochildren

and teenagers using wireless phones. Reducing the time of wireless phone 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 phones 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 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 scientific evidence that any health hazard exists.

11. What about wireless phone interference with medical

equipment?

Radiofrequencyenergy(RF)fromwirelessphonescaninteractwithsome

electronic devices. For this reason, the FDA helped develop a detailed test

methodtomeasureelectromagneticinterference(EMI)ofimplantedcardiac

pacemakers and defibrillators from wireless telephones. 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 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specifies

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.

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