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Safety

3. What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?

Theterm“wirelessphone”refersheretohandheldwirelessphoneswith

built-inantennas,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conictingresults,andmany

studieshavesufferedfromawsintheirresearchmethods.Animal

experimentsinvestigatingtheeffectsofRadioFrequency(RF)energy

exposurescharacteristicofwirelessphoneshaveyieldedconicting

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tobepre-disposedtodevelopcancerintheabsenceofRFexposure.

OtherstudiesexposedtheanimalstoRFforupto22hoursperday.These

conditionsarenotsimilartotheconditionsunderwhichpeopleusewireless

phones,sowedonotknowwithcertaintywhattheresultsofsuchstudies

meanforhumanhealth.Threelargeepidemiologystudieshavebeen

publishedsinceDecember2000.Betweenthem,thestudiesinvestigated

anypossibleassociationbetweentheuseofwirelessphones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

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