Health and Safety Information 11
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Reduce the amount of time spent on the cell phone;
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Use speaker mode or a headset to place more distance between the head and the cell phone.
Some groups sponsored by other national governments have advised that children be discouraged
from using cell phones at all. For example, The Stewart Report from the United Kingdom 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. Their recommendation
to limit cell phone use by children was strictly precautionary; it was not based on scientific evidence
that any health hazard exists.
Additional information on the safety of RF exposures from various sources can be obtained from the
following organizations (updated 10/1/2010):
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FCC RF Safety Program:
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
http://www.epa.gov/radtown/wireless-tech.html
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