Safety – LG AX4750 User Manual

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10. What about children using wireless phones?

The scientific evidence does not show a danger to users of
wireless phones, 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 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 electromagnetic

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.

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