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often called “cell”, “mobile”, or
“PCS” phones. These types of
wireless phones can expose the
user to measurable Radio
Frequency (RF) energy because
of the short distance between
the phone and the user’s head.

These RF exposures are limited
by FCC safety guidelines that
were developed with the advice
of the FDA and other federal
health and safety agencies.
When the phone is located at
greater distances from the user,
the exposure to RF is
drastically lower because a
person’s RF exposure decreases
rapidly with increasing distance
from the source. The so-called
“cordless phones,” which have
a base unit connected to the
telephone wiring in a house,
typically operate at far lower
power levels, and thus produce
RF exposures far below the
FCC safety limits.

4. What are the results of the

research done already?

The research done thus far has
produced conflicting results,
and many studies have suffered
from flaws in their research
methods. Animal experiments
investigating the effects of
Radio Frequency (RF) energy
exposures characteristic of
wireless phones have yielded
conflicting results that often
cannot be repeated in other
laboratories. A few animal
studies, however, have
suggested that low levels of RF
could accelerate the
development of cancer in
laboratory animals. However,
many of the studies that
showed increased tumor
development used animals that
had been genetically
engineered or treated with
cancer-causing chemicals so as

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