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For Your Safety

Do wireless phones 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phones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www.

iegmp.org.ukand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phone

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

Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones

http://www.iegmp.org.uk

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