Organization and other health bodies have called for further study

Communications Commission is asking for a evaluation of the agencies stance on radiofrequency energy emitted from mobilephones amid lingering concerns that the devices may cause brain tumors. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Mr.JuliusGena chowski on Friday circulated a proposal to his fellow commissioners calling for a formal inquiry into the mobile-phone emissions standards set in year 1996.


Proposal would need to be approved by a majority of the Federal Communications Commission five commissioners before the agency could release it for public remark. If it is approved, the agency would consider changing its testing procedures and seek input on the need to either strengthen or ease the current standards. The agency would also look into whether emission standards should be different for devices used by kids, an Federal Communications-Commission spokesman said on Saturday. The Federal Communications-Commission spokesman stressed that the agency continues to believe there is no evidence tying headaches, cancer, dizziness, loss of memory or other health problems to mobile-phones. 
Unlike ionizing radiation such as that from gamma rays, radon and X-rays, which can break chemical bonds in the body and are known to cause cancer, radiofrequency devices such as cell phones and microwaves emit radiofrequency energy, a form of non-ionizing radiation. According to the National Cancer Institute, there is no consistent evidence that non-ionizing radiation increases the risk of cancer.
But since the World Health Organization announcement, scientific evidence has increasingly pointed away from a link between mobile-phone use and brain tumors, according to a panel of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection. Last October a study by Danish researchers involving more than 350,000 people concluded that mobile phones do not increase the risk of cancer, concurring with other studies that have reached similar conclusions.
 And a study last July looking at children and adolescents aged 7 to 19 concluded that those who used mobile phones were at no greater risk of developing brain cancer than those who did not use the devices.
Communications Commission in 1996 established a limit on emissions and a safe level of human exposure. Mobile phones are tested and must be within this limit before they are granted Federal Communications Commission approval to be marketed in the United States. Federal Communications Commission spokeswoman Tammy Sun said that the existing guidelines do not pose any harm or risk to cell phone users, adding that the United States "has the most conservative emissions standards in the world."

Demand for wireless devices like Apple Inc's iPhone and Google Inc's suite of Android-powered smart-mobile-phones has surged in recent years, with some consumers opting to forgo landline service altogether. According to a study by Cisco Systems Inc. the number of mobile-phones devices connected to the Internet is expected to exceed the number of people on Earth in four years' time. 
Demand for wireless devices like Apple Inc's iPhone and Google Inc's suite of Android-powered smart-mobile-phones has surged in recent years, with some consumers opting to forgo landline service altogether. According to a study by Cisco Systems Inc. the number of mobile-phones devices connected to the Internet is expected to exceed the number of people on Earth in four years' time. 
Demand for wireless devices like Apple Inc's iPhone and Google Inc's suite of Android-powered smart-mobile-phones has surged in recent years, with some consumers opting to forgo landline service altogether. According to a study by Cisco Systems Inc. the number of mobile-phones devices connected to the Internet is expected to exceed the number of people on Earth in four years' time. 

 But Federal Communications-Commission inquiry would seek any scientific evidence that could warrant changes to the emissions standards. The number of mobile-phones has risen sharply since the early year 1980, with nearly 5 billion mobile-phones handsets in use today, prompting lengthy debate about their potential link to the main types of body brain tumor, glio-ma and menin-gioma. In month of May 2011 the World Health Organization added cell phone radiation to a list of possible carcinogens, putting it in the same category as lead, chloroform and coffee, and said more study is needed. 

Devices do produce is energy in the form of heat, and the concern is that frequent use of mobile-phones held up to the ear can change brain cell activity, as some studies have suggested. What is not yet clear is whether this causes harm, which is why the World Health Organization and other health bodies have called for further study. 

"Our action today is a routine review of our standards," Sun said in a statement. The Federal Communications Commission does not set health policy, relying instead on input from the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies. "We hope and expect that other federal agencies and organizations with whom we work on this issue will participate in the process," Sun said.

People who are concerned about the effects of radiofrequency energy from mobile-phones, the FDA and Federal Communications Commission suggest they have shorter conversations on them and use a hands free device, which places more distance between the phone and the user's head.