Cancer Answers

Reports and research on whether wireless phones cause cancer

There’s no shortage of research, news reports and other information about whether wireless phones cause cancer, and much of it is available on the Internet. These links are a just a sampling, and many include dozens of links to other sites.
— Compiled by John Rockhold, Staff Writer

Trade Associations, Government Agencies, Watchdog Groups & Universities

• American Cancer Society
• “Cell Phone Brain Cancer Link Still Unproven”
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• The Applied Electromagnetics Group, University of Victoria
• Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association
• “Mobile Phones, Base Stations & Health”
• “Scientist’s View of RF Safety”
• “Experts Cite the Science Behind RF Safety”
• Australian Radiation Protection & Nuclear Safety Agency
• The Committee on Electromagnetic Energy Public Health Issues — Publications
• Center for the Study of Wireless Electromagnetic Compatibility, University of Oklahoma
• CTIA’s Guide to Wireless Industry Health Questions
• Electromagnetic Energy Association
• EMF/RFR Bioeffects & Public Policy
• “Reported Biological Effects from RF Non-Ionizing Radiation”
• FCC “Information on Human Exposure to RF Fields from Cellular & PCS Radio Transmitters”
• “Safety Guidelines for Portable Wireless Telephones”
• “Revised Bulletin on Biological Effects of RF Electromagnetic Fields”
• FCC RF Safety Program
• Food & Drug Administration
  
• FDA Consumer Update on Mobile Phones
• Letter of Intent for a Proposed Collaboration on Mobile Phone Research Between the FDA & CTIA
• Federation of the Electronics Industry
• FEI Position on Mobile Phone Safety Issues
• “An Assessment of the Evidence Relating to RF Radiation & Cancer” by Dr. John E. Moulder
• Forschungsgemeinschaft Funk e.V. Research Association for Radio Applications
• Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones
• International EMF Project
• National Cancer Institute
• National Radiological Protection Board
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration
• United States Environmental Protection Agency
• World Health Organization
• World Health Organization Information: EMF & Public Health: Mobile Telephones & Their Base Stations
• Wireless Information Resource Center
• Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association

Publications (includes news reports & scientific-research journals)

• ABC “Are Cell Phones a Danger to You & Your Children?”
• “New Studies Call for More Research, Some Scientists Say”
• American Association for Cancer Research Journal Table of Contents
• CBS May 25, 1999: “Studies Find Cell Phone, Tumor Link”
• “Are Cell Phones Dangerous to Your Health?”
• DrKoop.com “Dial H for Hysteria”
• “Do Cell Phones Pose a Health Risk?”
• “U.K. Committee Releases Results Concerning Cell Phone Use Side Effects”
• “Cell Phones May Cause Memory Loss ... If You’re a Rat”
• “Don’t be Fooled by Health Scares”
• Electric Words
• EMFacts Consultancy News Section on Mobile Phone Health Hazards
• “Cell Phone Use May Have Cancer Link”
• FreeRepublic.com “Mobile Phones Linked to Brain Tumors”
• Lennart Hardell, MD, Ph.D. “Case-Control Study on Radiology Work, Medical X-Ray Investigations & Use of Cellular Telephones as Risk Factors for Brain Tumors”
• Health Central “Cell Phone Story Crafted to Alarm Viewers”
• “EU Says No Evidence Mobile Phones Bad for Health”
• “Study Links Cell Phones to Brain Cancer Risk”
• International Journal of Radiation Biology
• “Irish Scientist Says it’s too Early to Tell if Mobile Phones are Damaging”
• “Largest British Police Force Told to Limit Cell Phone Use”
• Microwave News www.microwavenews.com “Positive Results in WTR Brain Tumor Epi Study?”
• John E. Moulder, Ph.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology Cellular Phone Antennas & Human Health
• New Australian “Fist’s Forgotten Facts”
• Radiation Journal www.radjournal.com “New Mobile-Phone Fears”

Vendors

• AlternativeWireless.com
• Ericsson
• Motorola’s Section on Wireless Phones & Health
• Nokia www.nokia.com/safety/index.html 20/20 FAQ Section
• USA Wireless