LG LG505C Owners Manual - English - Page 93

2000. They noted that no draft, a joint effort by the FDA, evidence exists that using a medical device manufacturers, wireless phone causes brain and many other groups, was tumors or other ill effects. Their completed in late 2000. This recommendation to limit wireless standard will allow manufacturers phone use by children was strictly to ensure that cardiac precautionary; it was not based pacemakers and defibrillators are on scientific evidence that any safe from wireless phone EMI. health hazard exists. The FDA has tested hearing aids 11. What about wireless phone for interference from handheld interference with medical wireless phones and helped Safety Guidelines equipment? develop a voluntary standard sponsored by the Institute of Radio frequency energy (RF) Electrical and Electronic from wireless phones can interact Engineers (IEEE). This standard with some electronic devices. For specifies test methods and this reason, the FDA helped performance requirements for develop a detailed test method to hearing aids and wireless phones measure electromagnetic so that no interference occurs interference (EMI) of implanted when a person uses a cardiac pacemakers and 'compatible' phone and a defibrillators from wireless 'compatible' hearing aid at the telephones. This test method is same time. This standard was now part of a standard approved by the IEEE in 2000. sponsored by the Association for The FDA continues to monitor the Advancement of Medical the use of wireless phones for instrumentation (AAMI). The final possible interactions with other 91