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For Your Safety

December2000.Betweenthem,thestudiesinvestigatedanypossibleassociation

betweentheuseofwirelessdevicesandprimarybraincancer,glioma,meningioma,

oracousticneuroma,tumorsofthebrainorsalivarygland,leukemia,orothercancers.

Noneofthestudiesdemonstratedtheexistenceofanyharmfulhealtheffectsfrom

wirelessdeviceRFexposures.However,noneofthestudiescananswerquestions

aboutlong-termexposures,sincetheaverageperiodofdeviceuseinthesestudieswas

aroundthreeyears.

5. What research is needed to decide whether RF exposure from tablets

poses a health risk?

Acombinationoflaboratorystudiesandepidemiologicalstudiesofpeopleactually

usingtabletswouldprovidesomeofthedatathatareneeded.Lifetimeanimal

exposurestudiescouldbecompletedinafewyears.However,verylargenumbersof

animalswouldbeneededtoprovidereliableproofofacancerpromotingeffectifone

exists.Epidemiologicalstudiescanprovidedatathatisdirectlyapplicabletohuman

populations,buttenormoreyearsfollow-upmaybeneededtoprovideanswersabout

somehealtheffects,suchascancer.Thisisbecausetheintervalbetweenthetimeof

exposuretoacancer-causingagentandthetimetumorsdevelop—iftheydo—may

bemany,manyyears.Theinterpretationofepidemiologicalstudiesishamperedby

difficultiesinmeasuringactualRFexposureduringday-to-dayuseoftablets.Many

factorsaffectthismeasurement,suchastheangleatwhichthetabletisheld,orwhich

modeloftabletisused.

6. What is the FDA doing to find out more about the possible health effects

of tablet RF?

TheFDAisworkingwiththeU.S.NationalToxicologyProgramandwithgroupsof

investigatorsaroundtheworldtoensurethathighpriorityanimalstudiesareconducted

toaddressimportantquestionsabouttheeffectsofexposuretoRadioFrequency(RF)

energy.

TheFDAhasbeenaleadingparticipantintheWorldHealthOrganizationInternational

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