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exposure to radiofrequency energy
(RF), 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 000. 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 energy (RF) from
wireless phones can interact with
some electronic devices. For this
reason, the FDA helped develop a
detailed test method to measure
electromagnetic 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 000. 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