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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 (RF) energy from wireless
phones can interact with some electronic
devices. For this reason, the FDA helped develop
a detailed test method to measure Electro
Magnetic Interference (EMI) of implanted cardiac
pacemakers and defibrillators from 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