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areharmful.ButifyouareconcernedabouttheRFexposurefromtheseproducts,youcan
usemeasureslikethosedescribedabovetoreduceyourRFexposurefromtabletuse.
10.Whataboutchildrenusingtablets?
Thescientificevidencedoesnotshowadangertousersoftablets,includingchildrenand
teenagers.IfyouwanttotakestepstolowerexposuretoRadioFrequency(RF)energy,the
measuresdescribedabovewouldapplytochildrenandteenagersusingtablets.Reducing
thetimeoftablet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devices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devicecausesbraintumorsorother
illeffects.Theirrecommendationtolimitwirelessdeviceusebychildrenwasstrictly
precautionary;itwasnotbasedonscientificevidencethatanyhealthhazardexists.
11.Whataboutwirelesscommunicationsdeviceinterferencewithmedical
equipment?
RadioFrequency(RF)energyfromwirelesscommunicationsdevices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devices.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communicationsdeviceEMI.
TheFDAhastestedhearingaidsforinterferencefromhandheldwirelessdevicesandhelped