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result in com pliance wit h t he safet y lim it .
D o w ir e le ss ph on e a cce ssor ie s t h a t cla im t o sh ie ld t h e h e a d fr om
RF r a dia t ion w or k ?
Since t her e ar e no know n r isks fr om ex posur e t o RF em issions fr om
wireless phones, t her e is no reason t o believe t hat accessories t hat claim
t o shield t he head fr om t hose em issions reduce risks. Som e product s t hat
claim t o shield t he user from RF absorpt ion use special phone cases, while
ot her s involve not hing m or e t han a m et allic accessor y at t ached t o t he
phone. St udies hav e show n t hat t hese pr oduct s gener ally do not wor k as
adver t ised. Unlike “ hand- fr ee” kit s, t hese so- called “ shields” m ay int er fer e
w it h pr oper oper at ion of t he phone. The phone m ay be for ced t o boost it s
pow er t o com pensat e, leading t o an incr ease in RF absorpt ion. I n
Febr uar y 2002, t he Feder al t r ade Com m ission ( FTC) char ged t w o
com panies t hat sold devices t hat claim ed t o prot ect wireless phone user s
fr om r adiat ion w it h m aking false and unsubst ant iat ed claim s. Accor ding t o
FTC, t hese defendant s lacked a r easonable basis t o subst ant iat e t heir
claim .
W h a t a bou t w ir e le ss ph on e in t e r f e r e n ce w it h m e dica l e qu ipm e n t ?
Radio frequency ener gy ( RF) from wireless phones can int eract wit h som e
elect r onic devices. For t his r eason, FDA helped develop a det ailed t est
m et hod t o m easur e elect r om agnet ic int er ference ( EMI ) of im plant ed
car diac pacem aker s and defibr illat or s fr om w ir eless t elephones. This t est
m et hod is now part of a st andard sponsored by t he Associat ion for t he
Advancem ent of Medical inst r um ent at ion ( AAMI ) . The final dr aft , a j oint
effor t by FDA, m edical device m anufact ur er s, and m any ot her gr oups,
w as com plet ed in lat e 2000. This st andar d w ill allow m anufact ur er s t o
ensure t hat cardiac pacem akers and defibrillat ors are safe from wireless
phone EMI . FDA has t est ed wir eless phones and helped dev elop a
volunt ar y st andar d sponsor ed by t he I nst it ut e of Elect r ical and Elect r onic
Engineer s ( I EEE) . This st andar d specifies t est m et hods and per for m ance
r equir em ent s for hear ing aids and wir eless phones so t hat no int er fer ence
occurs when a person uses a com pat ible phone and a com pat ible hearing
aid at t he sam e t im e. This st andard was approved by t he I EEE in 2000.
FDA cont inues t o m onit or t he use of wir eless phones for possible
int er act ions w it h ot her m edical dev ices. Should har m ful int er ference be
found t o occur , FDA w ill conduct t est ing t o assess t he int er fer ence and
w or k t o r esolve t he pr oblem .
Addit ional inform at ion on t he safet y of RF exposures from various sources
can be obt ained fr om t he follow ing or ganizat ions:
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FCC RF Safet y Program :
ht t p: / / w w w .fcc.gov/ oet / rfsafet y/
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Envir onm ent al Pr ot ect ion Agency ( EPA) :
ht t p: / / w w w .epa.gov / radiat ion/
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Occupat ional Safet y and Healt h Adm inist r at ion's ( OSHA) :
ht t p: / / w w w .osha.gov/ SLTC/ radiofrequencyradiat ion/ index .ht m l