For Your Safety

distance between the

hazard exists.

user and the RF source

11. What about wireless

will reduce RF exposure.

Some groups sponsored

phone interference

with medical equip-

by other national

 

 

ment?

governments have

Radio Frequency (RF)

advised that children

energy from wireless

be discouraged from

phones can interact

using wireless phones

with some electronic

at all. For example,

devices. For this reason,

the government in

the FDA helped develop

the United Kingdom

a detailed test method

distributed leaflets

to measure Electro

containing such a

Magnetic Interference

recommendation in

(EMI) of implanted

December 2000.

cardiac pacemakers

They noted that no

and defibrillators from

evidence exists that

wireless telephones. This

using a wireless phone

test method is now part

causes brain tumors or

of a standard sponsored

other ill effects. Their

by the Association for

recommendation to

the Advancement of

limit wireless phone use

Medical Instrumentation

by children was strictly

(AAMI). The final draft,

precautionary; it was

a joint effort by the

not based on scientific

FDA, medical device

evidence that any health

manufacturers, and

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