LG -P505CH User Manual page 130

Safety Guidelines
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.
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11. What about wireless
phone interference with
medical equipment?
Radiofrequency 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 2000.
This standard will allow
manufacturers to ensure that
cardiac pacemakers and
defibrillators are safe from