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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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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(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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.
12. Where can I find additional information?
Foradditionalinformation,pleaserefertothefollowingresources: