LG E739 User Manual

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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?

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

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