LG Electronics AX260 Research done already?, Connected to the telephone, RF energy exposures

Safety

	exposure decreases rapidly 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
S a	flaws in their research methods.
f e	Animal experiments investigating
ty	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
	accelerate the development of

cancer in laboratory animals. However, many of the studies that showed 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

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