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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?
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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.