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For Your Safety
Do wireless phones pose any special risks to children?
TheFDA/FCCwebsitestatesthat“thescientificevidencedoesnotshowadangertousers
ofwirelesscommunicationdevices,includingchildren.”TheFDA/FCCwebsitefurtherstates
that“somegroupssponsoredbyothernationalgovernmentshaveadvisedthatchildren
bediscouragedfromusingwirelessphonesatall”.Forexample,theStewartReportfrom
theUnitedKingdom[“UK”]madesucharecommendationinDecember2000.Inthisreport
agroupofindependentexpertsnotedthatnoevidenceexiststhatusingacellphone
causesbraintumorsorotherilleffects.[TheUK’s]recommendationtolimitcellphoneuse
bychildrenwasstrictlyprecautionary;itwasnotbasedonscientificevidencethatany
healthhazardexists.AcopyoftheUK’sleafletisavailableathttp://www.dh.gov.uk(search
“mobile”),oryoucanwriteto:NRPB,Chilton,Didcot,OxonOX11ORQ,UnitedKingdom.
CopiesoftheUK’sannualreportsonmobilephonesandRFareavailableonlineatwww.
iegmp.org.ukandhttp://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/(search“mobile”).Parentswhowishto
reducetheirchildren’sRFexposuremaychoosetorestricttheirchildren’swirelessphone
use.
Where can I get further information about RF emissions?
Forfurtherinformation,seethefollowingadditionalresources(websitescurrentasofApril
2005):
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDAConsumermagazine
November-December2000
Telephone:(888)INFO-FDA
http://www.fda.gov(Under“c”inthesubjectindex,selectCellPhones>Research.)
U.S. Federal Communications Commission
44512thStreet,S.W.
Washington,D.C.20554
Telephone:(888)225-5322
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety
Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones
http://www.iegmp.org.uk