LG Chocolate User Manual page 90

Safety
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.
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
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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 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
time. This standard was approved by the
IEEE in 2000. The FDA continues to
monitor the use of wireless phones for
possible interactions with other medical
devices. Should harmful interference be
found to occur, the FDA will conduct
testing to assess the interference and
work to resolve the problem.