Cell Phone Industry Actions

Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) actively follows cancer statistics in the United States to detect any change in rates of new cases for brain cancer. If cell phones play a role in risk for brain cancer, rates should go up, because heavy cell phone use has been common for quite some time in the U.S. Between 1987 and 2005, the overall age-adjusted incidence of brain cancer did not increase. Additional information about SEER can be found at: http://seer.cancer.gov/

Cell Phone Industry Actions

Although the existing scientific data do not justify FDA regulatory actions, the FDA has urged the cell phone industry to take a number of steps, including the following:

•Support-needed research on possible biological effects of RF for the type of signal emitted by cell phones;

•Design cell phones in a way that minimizes any RF exposure to the user; and

•Cooperate in providing users of cell phones with the current information on cell phone use and human health concerns.

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