Samsung SCH-R261 User Manual (user Manual) (ver.1.0) (English(north America)) - Page 121
Research Results to Date: Is there a connection between RF and certain health problems?
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While RF energy does not ionize particles, large amounts can Results of this study did NOT show that cell phones caused brain increase body temperatures and cause tissue damage. Two cancer. In this study, most people had no increased risk of brain areas of the body, the eyes and the testes, are particularly cancer from using cell phones. For people with the heaviest use vulnerable to RF heating because there is relatively little blood of cell phones (an average of more than ½ hour per day, every flow in them to carry away excess heat. day, for over 10 years) the study suggested a slight increase in Research Results to Date: Is there a connection between brain cancer. However, the authors determined that biases and RF and certain health problems? errors prevented any conclusions being drawn from this data. 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. T The scientific community at large therefore believes that the weight of scientific evidence does not show an association F between exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) from cell phones and adverse health outcomes. Still the scientific community has A supported additional research to address gaps in knowledge. Some of these studies are described below. R Interphone Study Interphone is a large international study designed to determine D whether cell phones increase the risk of head and neck cancer. A Additional information about Interphone can be found at http://com.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/. Interphone is the largest cell phone study to date, but it did not answer all questions about cell phone safety. Additional research is being conducted around the world, and the FDA continues to monitor developments in this field. 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 report published in the International Journal of Epidemiology found at http://www.ukcosmos.org/index.html. (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. Health and Safety Information 118