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Safety Guidelines
9. W hat steps can I take to reduce
my exposure to radiofrequency
energy from my wireless
phone?
If there is a risk from these products
- and at this point we do not know
that there is - it is probably very
small. But if you are concerned
about avoiding even potential
risks, you can take a few simple
steps to minimize your exposure
to radiofrequency energy (RF).
Since time is a key factor in how
much exposure a person receives,
reducing the amount of time spent
using a wireless phone will reduce
RF exposure. If you must conduct
extended conversations by wireless
phone every day, you could place
more distance between your body
and the source of the RF, since the
exposure level drops off dramatically
with distance. For example, you
could use a headset and carry the
wireless phone away from your body
or use a wireless phone connected
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to a remote 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,
you can use measures like those
described above to reduce your RF
exposure from wireless phone use.
10. W hat 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 governments have advised
that children be discouraged from
using wireless phones at all. For
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