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
leaflets 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 scientific 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, FDA helped develop a detailed
test method to measure electromagnetic
interference (EMI) of implanted cardiac
pacemakers and defibrillators from wireless
phones.
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 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.
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 performance
requirements for hearing aids and wireless phones
so that no interference occurs when a person uses
a “compatible” phone and a “compatible” hearing
aid at the same time.
This standard was approved by the IEEE in 2000.
FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless
phones for possible interactions with other
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