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Research Results to Date: Is there a connection between
RF and certain health problems?
The results of most studies conducted to date say no.
In addition, attempts to replicate and confirm the few
studies that have shown a connection have failed.
The scientific community at large therefore believes that
the weight of scientific evidence does not show an
association between exposure to Radio Frequency
(RF) from cell phones and adverse health outcomes.
Still the scientific community has supported additional
research to address gaps in knowledge. Some of these
studies are described below.
Interphone Study
Interphone is a large international study designed to
determine whether cell phones increase the risk of
head and neck cancer. A report published in the
International Journal of Epidemiology (June, 2010)
compared cell phone usage for more than 5,000
people with brain tumors (glioma and meningioma)
and a similar number of healthy controls.
Results of this study did NOT show that cell phones
caused brain cancer. In this study, most people had no
increased risk of brain cancer from using cell phones.
For people with the heaviest use of cell phones (an
average of more than ½ hour per day, every day, for
over 10 years) the study suggested a slight increase in
brain cancer. However, the authors determined that
biases and errors prevented any conclusions being
drawn from this data. Additional information about
Interphone can be found at
http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2010/pdfs/
pr200_E.pdf.
Interphone is the largest cell phone study to date, but it
did not answer all questions about cell phone safety.
Additional research is being conducted around the
world, and the FDA continues to monitor developments
in this field.
International Cohort Study on Mobile Phone Users
(COSMOS)
The COSMOS study aims to conduct long-term health
monitoring of a large group of people to determine if
there are any health issues linked to long-term
exposure to radio frequency energy from cell phone
use. The COSMOS study will follow approximately
300,000 adult cell phone users in Europe for 20 to 30
years. Additional information about the COSMOS study
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