LG Electronics AX490 manual What are the results of the research done already?

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with increasing distance from the source. The so- called “cordless phones,” which have a base unit connected to the telephone wiring in a house, typically operate at far lower power levels, and thus produce RF exposures far below the FCC safety limits.

4. What are the results of the research done already?

	The research done thus far has produced conflicting
	results, and many studies have suffered from flaws in
	their research methods. Animal experiments
	investigating the effects of Radio Frequency (RF)
	energy exposures characteristic of wireless phones
	have yielded conflicting results that often cannot be
	repeated in other laboratories. A few animal studies,
	however, have suggested that low levels of RF could
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	accelerate the development of cancer in laboratory
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	increased tumor development used animals that had
	been genetically engineered or treated with cancer-
	causing chemicals so as to be pre-disposed to
	develop cancer in the absence of RF exposure. Other
	studies exposed the animals to RF for up to 22 hours
	per day. These conditions are not similar to the

conditions under which people use wireless phones, so we do not know with certainty what the results of such studies mean for human health. Three large epidemiology studies have been published since December 2000. Between them, the studies investigated any possible association between the use of wireless phones and primary brain cancer, glioma, meningioma, or acoustic neuroma, tumors of the brain or salivary gland, leukemia, or other cancers. None of the studies demonstrated the existence of any harmful health effects from wireless phone RF exposures. However, none of the studies can answer questions about long-term exposures, since the average period of phone use in these studies was around three years.

5.What research is needed to decide whether RF exposure from wireless phones poses a health risk?

A combination of laboratory studies and epidemiological studies of people actually using wireless phones would provide some of the data that are needed. Lifetime animal exposure studies could be completed in a few years. However, very large numbers of animals would be needed to provide reliable proof of a cancer promoting effect if one

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