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R_sear: Rel::e.d to Wireless Conurutnico--fares
<br />L*i Dccc.:.ber 1993, the California Public Utilities Cotn_*-iissien (CPUC) issued a r;,ar
<br />s,1r ate= an in. c=atiocal workshop held in July of 1993 en E'P and cellular facilities.
<br />-nd:d by represent=eves f-ozr the CPUC's Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), the
<br />Mifcfrja Depar-.W_nt of Health Services (DES). the Cellular Carries Association on of California
<br />(CCAC), and the public, the workshop addressed cellular ex osur_ levels, epidemiological wady
<br />results, results of ani ai and ^oi=,lar =per:n 1 s, and current laws, r_gulatiors. policies. and
<br />guidelines. Werkshcp participants also considered whether the C.'t'UC should adapt an e.^osur_
<br />st nc: rd and whether the Cc=missicn should institutene3rin z to furaher emmi a th LSSa e
<br />A Coe---'ssica decision cn ENE: and cellular facilities is e.- •ed to be issued Iat.-r year.
<br />L Ncve.:abcr cf 1994, the United States C-n ai Ae ci rir S Office pubiished a re ort
<br />ado-rss g the s.2rus of scien f''c knowledge cn the effc of RFR rantP'' by cellular telmoles.
<br />The reports found that no Long-t_-rza wadies on low levels of r diation from cellular phones have
<br />been complete:, and •tt_the research conducted on other scurces of low-level radio f1recttue•'a,cy
<br />radiation are inconclusive. The rMota f .her d- :'^;*'^ that both epidemiological and
<br />laboratory studies a:: t:• •-c to as..:: -air: whether per_abie c_'luia- phones produce adve;s,-
<br />health effects. Two sa:ct srrdies are under way:
<br />1. In 1991. Motorola, conrrc.rd with a prominent U.S. res. a.rr.:a company to s:.:dy the
<br />eft= of 'aziaiCg and distal slcri?is fro.= cellular 'telephones on a,•r"nls and cells.
<br />e,V_-_Le.to Cc released in late 1595 or early 1996.
<br />'?. in 1993, due to pubiie anxiety that perabie cellular phones cause adverse with e:;e=s,
<br />•the Cellular Telepher: L:dus�y Asscc adon (C IIA) allocated S15 to S25 million to s..dy
<br />the safery of C:iit:iaz phc^es for three to five year;, including the effe:'s of analog and
<br />dizi,.-..ate... tal radiation n at cellular and PCS frequencies. cies. The =IA and other inc,
<br />r:_r_sepaeves es_bis cd a Science Advicr: Grotto en Cellular Tei:phote Safety to
<br />cerformt=:s resea:-._ t:_ou_h enicier ielog c.:l s_dies, c:'.I culnzes, animal te.rdng, and
<br />_ c research. .• _ —.:.scientific pe -
<br />Ec-_•� : - ... .zd::iticzrli .. the a _S...sa . will be - submitted to a sc.-...alic - review
<br />M • ,-d through : • a rd U n .iversi ,, Center for Risk Analysis. i r s research will
<br />cccrci:a_... t: cud: �: 'resets oats. _. �a..
<br />order to provide ftr h:r cbi=:lefty.
<br />be open for federal ua...a�.�a On in
<br />i The federal gove-- z::t re,: also is tierra:� ng r=s:.aath that fca:ses s�u-ically on cellular
<br />t :iephene sae issues. • For its.:=: --, the National Cancer Ins -drat: has bezun an epider..,iological
<br />staid' cf people with brain cancer to ascertain whether t_h::r is a statistic -al relationship bet'wcea
<br />cs.c.er and t:: use cf cellular t-l^Cotes. It is antic �a'_---d that this study will be catanle.ed
<br />bcrwe z 1998 and 1999.
<br />In ?ate,,,.:• of 1995, the D oa --': of reran' r_'e d a booklet fentitied Oue tioos as .4nswt-s
<br />'� pun .s ....: ^ ♦�: ec -�n''s Res: r--; and Public Inforr.:+azon Dissernr-irion
<br />about � C? Lw�l.�ia w aJ � a.:.. 4 r' L...._wu.. a •rJ a
<br />J e ► P, -..., e abls, in 99'
<br />(R..�� r ) program. The :�-z.. J Y a � __a was sa..� a: 1 _ as a rive year. 565 , C00, CCQ
<br />setsu if exposure to EMF c t, . dvc,.r. - 1tW eff a. t o order i w copies call
<br />rrLg-�:. to study _.,;,cat. _ -s ..a��s a .�.. c ,
<br />1 (Scc) �- L ...�- , c:' : zll .a....-ia i.._'":: for orders a: (..02) i.. . t 0 .
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