An article that appears in the January 2001 issue of Epidemiology reports that the risk of eye cancer from radio frequency radiation experienced in mobile phone use.  An earlier study found that the eye socket in a normal adult is a resonant cavity for cellular frequencies, that is, the radio wave does not pass through the skull but instead bounces back and forth within the eye socket.  The Epidemiology article says “It is still unclear whether RFR exposures too weak to increase temperature could have biological effects.  Biological interaction mechanisms are not necessarily thermal; however, many studies have suggested that RFR exposure at low levels that do not challenge thermoregulation or produce any change in cell temperature may have biological effects, but they have either not been consistently replicated or else their relevance for human health cannot be adequately assessed using information currently available.  A hypothesized mode of action is that RFR might promote (that is, speed up) the development of cancer that has been caused by other agents.”

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