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phoneeveryday,youcouldplacemore
distancebetweenyourbodyandthesource
oftheRF,sincetheexposureleveldropsoff
dramaticallywithdistance.Forexample,you
coulduseaheadsetandcarrythewireless
phoneawayfromyourbodyoruseawireless
phoneconnectedtoaremoteantenna.Again,
thescienticdatadoesnotdemonstratethat
wirelessphonesareharmful.Butifyouare
concernedabouttheRFexposurefromthese
products,youcanusemeasureslikethose
describedabovetoreduceyourRFexposure
fromwirelessphoneuse.
10. What about children using wireless
phones?
Thescientic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leaets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scientic
evidencethatanyhealthhazardexists.
11. What about wireless phone interfer-
ence 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
debrillatorsfromwirelesstelephones.
Thistestmethodisnowpartofastandard
sponsoredbytheAssociationforthe
AdvancementofMedicalInstrumentation
(AAMI).Thenal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
debrillatorsaresafefromwirelessphone
EMI.
For Your Safety