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Health and safety information116claims. According to FTC, these defendants lacked areasonable basis to substantiate their claim.What about wireless phone interference withmedical equipment?Radio frequency energy (RF) from wireless phones caninteract with some electronic devices. For this reason,FDA helped develop a detailed test method to measureelectromagnetic interference (EMI) of implantedcardiac pacemakers and defibrillators from wirelesstelephones. This test method is now part of a standardsponsored by the Association for the Advancement ofMedical instrumentation (AAMI). The final draft, a jointeffort by FDA, medical device manufacturers, andmany other groups, was completed in late 2000. Thisstandard will allow manufacturers to ensure thatcardiac pacemakers and defibrillators are safe fromwireless phone EMI. FDA has tested wireless phonesand helped develop a voluntary standard sponsored bythe Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(IEEE). This standard specifies test methods andperformance requirements for hearing aids andwireless phones so that no interference occurs when aperson uses a compatible phone and a compatiblehearing aid at the same time. This standard wasapproved by the IEEE in 2000.FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless phonesfor possible interactions with other medical devices.Should harmful interference be found to occur, FDAwill conduct testing to assess the interference andwork to resolve the problem.Additional information on the safety of RF exposuresfrom various sources can be obtained from thefollowing organizations:• FCC RF Safety Program:http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):http://www.epa.gov/radiation/• Occupational Safety and Health Administration's(OSHA):http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/radiofrequencyradiation/index.html