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2012
Cellphone exposure limits should be reassessed, GAO recommends (USA)
Government Accountability Office
Very important news from the USA:
"Mobile phone exposure limits and testing requirements should be reassessed, according to a Government Accountability Office study released Tuesday.
"The study, the culmination of a year-long review done at the urging of lawmakers, comes at a time of heightened concern about the possible impact of cellphone radiation on human health. Its findings may prompt the Federal Communications Commission to update its standards to more accurately reflect how people use their cellphones.
"While the report did not suggest that cellphone use causes cancer, the agency did say that FCC's current energy exposure limit for mobile phones, established in 1996, "may not reflect the latest evidence on the the effects" of cellphones. The study recommends that the FCC reassess two things: the current exposure limit and the way it tests exposure . . .
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