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International Cohort Study on Mobile Phone Users (COSMOS)
The COSMOS study aims to conduct long-term health monitoring of a large
group of people to determine if there are any health issues linked to long-term
exposure to radio frequency energy from cell phone use. The COSMOS study
will follow approximately 300,000 adult cell phone users in Europe for 20 to 30
years. Additional information about the COSMOS study can be found at http://
www.ukcosmos.org/index.html.
Risk of Brain Cancer from Exposure to Radio Frequency Fields in Childhood and
Adolescence (MOBI-KIDS)
MOBI-KIDS is an international study investigating the relationship between
exposure to radio frequency energy from communication technologies including
cell phones and brain cancer in young people. This is an international multi-
center study involving 14 European and non-European countries. Additional
information about MOBI-KIDS can be found at
http://www.creal.cat/programes-recerca/en_projectes-creal/view.php?ID=39.
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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.
The FDA also is working with voluntary standard-setting bodies such as the
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