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Health and Safety
Health and Safety
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152 Health and Safety
Children and Cell Phones
Thescienticevidencedoesnotshowadangertoanyusersofcellphonesfrom
RF exposure, including children and teenagers. The steps adults can take to
reduce RF exposure apply to children and teenagers as well.
•Reducetheamountoftimespentonthecellphone;
•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scientic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):
•FCCRFSafetyProgram:http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/.
•EnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA):
http://www.epa.gov/radtown/wireless-tech.html.
•OccupationalSafetyandHealthAdministration(OSHA):
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/radiofrequencyradiation/.
(Note: This web address is case sensitive.)
•NationalInstituteforOccupationalSafetyandHealth(NIOSH):
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/.
•WorldHealthOrganization(WHO):http://www.who.int/peh-emf/en/.
•InternationalCommissiononNon-IonizingRadiationProtection:
http://www.icnirp.de.
•HealthProtectionAgency:http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/Radiation/.
•HealthProtectionAgency:http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/Radiation/.
•USFoodandDrugAdministration:http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-
EmittingProducts/RadiationEmittingProductsandProcedures/
HomeBusinessandEntertainment/CellPhones/default.htm.