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Health and Safety

Health and Safety 149

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scientic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

•Cooperateinprovidingusersofcellphoneswiththecurrentinformationon

cell phone use and human health concerns.

The FDA also is working with voluntary standard-setting bodies such as the