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Health and Safety
Health and Safety 155
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
http://seer.cancer.gov/.
Cell Phone Industry Actions
Although the existing scientic 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.
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