Health and Safety Guide

Health and Safety Information 7
Results of this study did NOT show that
cell phones caused brain cancer. In this
study, most people had no increased risk
of brain cancer from using cell phones.
For people with the heaviest use of cell
phones (an average of more than ½ hour
per day, every day, for over 10 years) the
study suggested a slight increase in
brain cancer. However, the authors
determined that biases and errors
prevented any conclusions being drawn
from this data. Additional information
about Interphone can be found at
www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2010/pdfs/
pr200_E.pdf.
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