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Important Health and Safety Information
Important Health and Safety Information 9
Research Results to Date: Is there a
connection between RF and certain
health problems?
The results of most studies conducted
to date say no. In addition, attempts to
replicate and confirm the few studies that
have shown a connection have failed.
The scientific community at large therefore
believes that the weight of scientific
evidence does not show an association
between exposure to Radio Frequency
(RF) from cell phones and adverse health
outcomes. Still the scientific community
has supported additional research to
address gaps in knowledge. Some of these
studies are described below.
Interphone Study
Interphone is a large international study
designed to determine whether cell
phones increase the risk of head and
neck cancer. A report published in the
International Journal of Epidemiology
(June, 2010) compared cell phone usage for
more than 5,000 people with brain tumors
(glioma and meningioma) and a similar
number of healthy controls.
Results of this study did NOT show that cell
phones caused brain cancer. In this study,
most people had no increased risk of brain
cancer from using cell phones. For people
with the heaviest use of cell phones (an
average of more than ½ hour per day, every
day, for over 10 years) the study suggested
a slight increase in brain cancer. However,
the authors determined that biases
and errors prevented any conclusions
being drawn from this data. Additional
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