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and follow your wireless phone manufacturer’s
instructions for the safe operation of your
phone.
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
Royal Society of Canada Expert
Panels on Potential Health Risks of
Radio Frequency Fields from Wireless
Telecommunication Devices
283 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X9
Canada
Telephone: (613) 991-6990
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