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Safety

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difculties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inuential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

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