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12. Where can I find additional information?

For additional information, please refer to the following resources:

• FDA web page on wireless phones

(http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/phones/index.html)

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF Safety Program

(http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety)

• International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection

(http://www.icnirp.de)

• World Health Organization (WHO) International EMF Project

(http://www.who.int/emf)

• National Radiological Protection Board (UK)

(http://www.nrpb.org.uk/)

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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 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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