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

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

aroundthreeyears.

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

phones poses a health risk?

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

usingwirelessphones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wirelessphones.

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

whichmodelofphoneisused.

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

of wireless phone 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

ElectroMagneticFields(EMF)Projectsinceitsinceptionin1996.Aninfluentialresultof

thisworkhasbeenthedevelopmentofadetailedagendaofresearchneedsthathas

driventheestablishmentofnewresearchprogramsaroundtheworld.Theprojecthas

alsohelpeddevelopaseriesofpublicinformationdocumentsonEMFissues.

TheFDAandtheCellularTelecommunications&InternetAssociation(CTIA)havea

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