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users of wireless communication devices, including children." The FDA/FCC website
further states that "some groups sponsored by other national governments have
advised that children be discouraged from using wireless phones at all". For example,
the Stewart Report from the United Kingdom ["UK"] 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. [The UK's]
recommendation to limit cell phone use by children was strictly precautionary; it was
not based on scientific evidence that any health hazard exists. A copy of the UK's leaflet
is available at http://www.dh.gov.uk (search "mobile"), or you can write to: NRPB,
Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 ORQ, United Kingdom. Copies of the UK's annual reports
on mobile phones and RF are available online at www.iegmp.org.uk and http://www.
hpa.org.uk/radiation/ (search "mobile"). Parents who wish to reduce their children's RF
exposure may choose to restrict their children's wireless phone use.
Where can I get further information about RF emissions?
For further information, see the following additional resources (websites current as of
April 2005):
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Consumer magazine
November-December 2000
Telephone: (888) INFO-FDA
http://www.fda.gov (Under "C" in the subject index, select Cell Phones > Research.)
U.S. Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
Telephone: (888) 225-5322
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety
Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones
http://www.iegmp.org.uk
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