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| cancers. None of the studies |
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| any harmful health effects from |
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| wireless phone RF exposures. |
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| average period of phone use in |
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| these studies was around three |
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| decide whether RF exposure |
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| from wireless phones poses a |
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| studies and epidemiological |
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| studies of people actually using |
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| wireless phones would provide |
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| some of the data that are |
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| needed. Lifetime animal exposure |
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| studies could be completed in a |
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| few years. However, very large |
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one exists. Epidemiological studies can provide data that is directly applicable to human populations, but ten or more years
6. What is the FDA doing to find out more about the possible health effects of wireless phone RF?