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Safety
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risk?
Acombinationoflaboratorystudies
andepidemiologicalstudiesofpeople
actuallyusingwirelessphoneswould
providesomeofthedatathatare
needed.Lifetimeanimalexposure
studiescouldbecompletedinafew
years.However,verylargenumbersof
animalswouldbeneededtoprovide
reliableproofofacancerpromoting
effect,ifoneexists.Epidemiological
studiescanprovidedatathatisdirectly
applicabletohumanpopulations,but
tenormoreyearsfollow-upmaybe
neededtoprovideanswersaboutsome
healtheffects,suchascancer.Thisis
becausetheintervalbetweenthetime
ofexposuretoacancer-causingagent
andthetimetumorsdevelop-ifthey
do-maybemany,manyyears.The
interpretationofepidemiologicalstudies
ishamperedbydifcultiesinmeasuring
actualRFexposureduringday-to-day
useofwirelessphones.Manyfactors
affectthismeasurement,suchasthe
angleatwhichthephoneisheld,or
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