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Section 14: Health and Safety Information 193
Consumer Information on Wireless Phones
Section 14
groups, was completed in late 2000. This standard will
allow manufacturers to ensure that cardiac pacemakers
and defibrillators are safe from wireless phone EMI. FDA
has tested wireless phones and helped develop a
voluntary standard sponsored by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). This standard
specifies test methods and performance requirements for
hearing aids and wireless phones so that no interference
occurs when a person uses a compatible phone and a
compatible hearing aid at the same time. This standard
was approved by the IEEE in 2000.
FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless phones for
possible interactions with other medical devices. Should
harmful interference be found to occur, FDA will conduct
testing to assess the interference and work to resolve the
problem.
Additional information on the safety of RF exposures
from various sources can be obtained from the following
organizations:
• FCC RF Safety Program:
http://www .fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
http://www .epa.gov/radiati on/
• Occupational Safety and health Administration's (OSHA):
http://www .osha.gov/SLTC/radiofrequencyradiation/
• National institute for Occupational Safety and health (NIOSH):
http://www .cdc.gov/niosh/pdfs/fs-cellp. pdf
• World health Organization (WHO):
http://www .who.int/peh-emf/en/