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Safety

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formalCooperativeResearchAndDevelopmentAgreement(CRADA)todo

researchonwirelessphonesafety.TheFDAprovidesthescientificoversight,obtaining

inputfromexpertsingovernment,industry,andacademicorganizations.CTIA-funded

researchisconductedthroughcontractswithindependentinvestigators.Theinitial

researchwillincludebothlaboratorystudiesandstudiesofwirelessphoneusers.The

CRADAwillalsoincludeabroadassessmentofadditionalresearchneedsinthecontext

ofthelatestresearchdevelopmentsaroundtheworld.

7. How can I find out how much Radio Frequency energy exposure I can get by

using my wireless phone?

AllphonessoldintheUnitedStatesmustcomplywithFederalCommunications

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