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For Your Safety

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RadioFrequency(RF)

energy,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?

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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.

12. Where can I find additional information?

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

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