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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
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 can be found at
Risk of Brain Cancer from Exposure to Radio Frequency Fields in Childhood and
Adolescence (MOBI-KIDS)
MOBI-KIDS is an international study investigating the relationship between exposure to radio
frequency energy from communication technologies including cell phones and brain cancer in
young people. This is an international multi-center study involving 14 European and non-European
countries. Additional information about MOBI-KIDS can be found at
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