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Safety Guidelines

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

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