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Article: CELL-PHONE HEALTH RISKS NEED TO BE STUDIED, FDA SAYS.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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Federal safety regulators are investigating whether microwave radiation from cell phones causes cancer or other diseases.
The investigation was triggered by two industry-sponsored studies that the Food and Drug Administration said require additional research.
The FDA hastens to add that there is no scientific basis for concluding that cell phones are unsafe - or that they are safe. The only way to conclusively answer the safety question is through ``a significant research effort,'' the FDA says.
One study by researchers at the American Health Foundation in New York found an association between cell-phone use and a rare type of brain tumor. The ...