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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?
Radio
frequency
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
Safety
Guidelines
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