LG Electronics UX145 manual Health risk?

Safety

	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
S	health risk?
a f e	A combination of laboratory
ty
	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 exists. Epidemiological studies can provide data that is directly applicable to human populations, but ten or more years follow-up may be needed to provide answers about some health effects, such as cancer. This is because the interval between the time of exposure to a cancer-causing agent and the time tumors develop — if they do — may be many, many years. The interpretation of epidemiological studies is hampered by difficulties in measuring actual RF exposure during day-to-day use of wireless phones. Many factors affect this measurement, such as the angle at which the phone is held, or which model of phone is used.

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