No Cell Phone Health Risk Seen
This AP story originating from London reports on a panel of scientists who are advising the British government. They state that existing research into the health effects of cell phones "does not give cause for concern" that the devices cause cancer "nor any other adverse health effect."
But they also add this caveat: knowledge about the effects of exposure to radio waves emitted by the phones "has limitations, and mobile phones have only been in widespread use for a relatively short time."
The FDA maintains a Web site, Consumer Information on Wireless Phones, where they present the basics concerning the possible health risks due to radiofrequency radiation. Exposure limits are defined by the FCC:
The FCC requires that wireless phones sold in the United States demonstrate compliance with human exposure limits adopted by the FCC in 1996. The relative amount of RF energy absorbed in the head of a wireless telephone-user is given by the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), as explained above. The FCC requires wireless phones to comply with a safety limit of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg) in terms of SAR.
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