USA: National Toxicology Programme RF Carcinogenicity Study

Series of studies designed to characterize the toxicity and potential carcinogenicity of long-term exposure to the RF energy transmitted by mobile phones.

Scope

The project is being developed in a series of stages

• Development of a suitable exposure facility.
• A thermal pilot study to identify RF field strengths that will not induce thermal effects in test animals.
• A pre-chronic study; this study is designed to determine the effects of short-term RF exposures on toxicology endpoints, interference with the blood-brain barrier, and cellular migration patterns in the brain.
• Carcinogenicity study, in which cancer incidences will be compared in control animals and in groups of animals exposed to RF fields for two years.

Status

The module development and laboratory rehab are expected to be completed in 2007, at which point experimental work will begin.