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users of wireless phones,
including children and
teenagers. If you want
to take steps to lower
exposure to radiofrequency
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
leafl ets 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 scientifi c evidence
that any health hazard
exists.
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 defi brillators from
Guidelines for safe and effi cient use