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1. Do wireless phones pose a health hazard?
Update on Mobile Phones:
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The available scientific evidence does not show
1. Do wireless phones pose a
that any health problems are associated with using
public
health hazard?
wireless phones. There is no proof, however, that
wireless phones are absolutely safe. Wireless phones
The available scientific evidence does
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emit low levels of Radio Frequency (RF) energy
not show that any health problems
in the microwave range while being used. They
are associated with using wireless
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also emit very low levels of RF when in idle mode.
phones. There is no proof, however,
Whereas high levels of RF can produce health
effects (by heating tissue), exposure to low level RF
that does not produce heating effects causes no
known adverse health effects. Many studies of low
level RF exposures have not found any biological
effects. Some studies have suggested that some
biological effects may occur, but such findings
have not been confirmed by additional research. In
some cases, other researchers have had difficulty
in reproducing those studies, or in determining the
reasons for inconsistent results.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's
Center for Devices and Radiological
Health Consumer Update on Mobile
Phones:
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