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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
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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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Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End
Results (SEER) Program of the National
Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) actively
follows cancer statistics in the United States to
detect any change in rates of new cases for
brain cancer. If cell phones play a role in risk for
brain cancer, rates should go up, because heavy
cell phone use has been common for quite some
time in the U.S. Between 1987 and 2005, the
overall age-adjusted incidence of brain cancer
did not increase. Additional information about
SEER can be found at
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Cell Phone Industry Actions
Although the existing scientific data do not justify
FDA regulatory actions, the FDA has urged the
cell phone industry to take a number of steps,
including the following:
• Support-needed research on possible
biological effects of RF for the type of signal
emitted by cell phones;
• Design cell phones in a way that minimizes
any RF exposure to the user; and
• Cooperate in providing users of cell phones
with the current information on cell phone use
and human health concerns.
The FDA also is working with voluntary
standard-setting bodies such as the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the