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Interphone is the largest cell phone study to 
date, but it did not answer all questions about 
cell phone safety. Additional research is being 
conducted around the world, and the FDA 
continues to monitor developments in this 
field.
International Cohort Study on Mobile 
Phone Users (COSMOS)
The COSMOS study aims to conduct long-
term health monitoring of a large group of 
people to determine if there are any health 
issues linked to long-term exposure to radio 
frequency energy from cell phone use. The 
COSMOS study will follow approximately 
300,000 adult cell phone users in Europe for 
20 to 30 years. Additional information about 
the COSMOS study can be found at
 http://www.ukcosmos.org/index.html.
Risk of Brain Cancer from Exposure to 
Radio Frequency Fields in Childhood and 
Adolescence (MOBI-KIDS)
MOBI-KIDS is an international study 
investigating the relationship between 
exposure to radio frequency energy from 
communication technologies including cell 
phones and brain cancer in young people. 
This is an international multi-center study 
involving 14 European and non-European 
countries. Additional information about 
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End 
Results (SEER) Program of the National 
Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) actively 
follows cancer statistics in the United States 
to detect any change in rates of new cases for 
brain cancer. If cell phones play a role in risk 
for brain cancer, rates should go up, because 
heavy cell phone use has been common for 
quite some time in the U.S. Between 1987 
and 2005, the overall age-adjusted incidence 
of brain cancer did not increase. Additional 
information about SEER can be found at 
 http://seer.cancer.gov/.
Cell Phone Industry Actions
Although the existing scientific data do not 
justify FDA regulatory actions, the FDA has 
urged the cell phone industry to take a 
number of steps, including the following:
• Support-needed research on possible 
biological effects of RF for the type of signal 
emitted by cell phones;
• Design cell phones in a way that minimizes 
any RF exposure to the user; and