LG LG240 User Guide - Page 90

LG240 Canada Rogers ENG_0825 2006.8.25 4:24 PM ˘ ` 87 exposure to radiofrequency energy (RF). Since time is a governments have advised that children be Safety Guidelines key factor in how much exposure a person receives, discouraged from using wireless phones at all. For reducing the amount of time spent using a wireless example, the government in the United Kingdom phone will reduce RF exposure. If you must conduct distributed leaflets containing such a recommendation extended conversations by wireless phone every day, in December 2000. They noted that no evidence you could place more distance between your body and exists that using a wireless phone causes brain tumors the source of the RF, since the exposure level drops off or other ill effects. Their recommendation to limit dramatically with distance. For example, you could use wireless phone use by children was strictly a headset and carry the wireless phone away from your precautionary; it was not based on scientific evidence body or use a wireless phone connected to a remote that any health hazard exists. antenna. Again, the scientific data do not demonstrate that wireless phones are harmful. But if you are concerned about the RF exposure from these products, 11.What about wireless phone interference with medical equipment? you can use measures like those described above to Radio frequency energy (RF) from wireless phones can reduce your RF exposure from wireless phone use. interact with some electronic devices. For this reason, 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 radiofrequency energy (RF), 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 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 87