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more distance between your
body and the source of the RF,
since the exposure level drops
off dramatically with distance.
For example, you could use a
headset and carry the wireless
phone away from your body or
use a wireless phone connected
to a remote antenna. Again, the
scientific data do not demonstrate
that wireless phones are harmful.
But if you are concerned about
the RF exposure from these
products, you can use measures
like those described above to
reduce your RF exposure from
wireless phone use.
10. What about children using
wireless phones?
The scientific evidence does
not show a danger to users
of wireless phones, including
children and teenagers. If you
want to take steps to lower
exposure to radio frequency
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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
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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