Cell Phones

The following FAQ has been developed by our topic editors for this category:

Cellular Phone and Base Station

The following HPS Web pages also address this category:

			Cell Phone Use Listed as Possibly Carcinogenic: Health Physics Society Thoughts
			Mobile Telephone Fact Sheet

The following health physics questions have been answered by an expert and approved by our editors for inclusion in our "Ask the Experts" feature. Click on the question to see the answer.

Q33	–	Is it dangerous to use a mobile phone while refueling at a gas station?
Q76	–	Are cellular phones dangerous?
Q109	–	Are there health risks from cellular radios?
Q265	–	Radiation from hands-free cell phones
Q277	–	Radiation danger from phone headsets or handsets
Q366	–	Living quarters below a cellular telephone antenna
Q425	–	Cellular telephone base stations
Q437	–	Mobile phones and radiation
Q511	–	Cellular base stations
Q542	–	Base station safety
Q565	–	Cell phone tower
Q679	–	EMF Occupational Exposure levels
Q696	–	Does a cell phone emit radiation all the time it's on?
Q1424	–	Products to protect cellular phone users
Q1552	–	Cell phone radiation
Q1669	–	NMR magnet affected by cell phone
Q1692	–	Cell towers on school grounds
Q1716	–	Cell phones and size
Q1865	–	Phone antenna
Q1874	–	Cell phone tower
Q2060	–	Cell phones in hospitals
Q2579	–	Transmitter emissions
Q2797	–	Brain cancer
Q3307	–	Cell phone tower cables
Q3480	–	Phone equipment and flu symptoms
Q3632	–	Brain tumors
Q3730	–	Cell phone use in hospitals
Q3986	–	Pregnant
Q4359	–	Cell tower
Q5164	–	Cell phone towers and dishes
Q6083	–	Cell phone vibration on stomach when pregnant
Q6647	–	Why is there concern?
Q6813	–	New cordless phone technology

The following websites may also be useful:

			About Mobile Phones (Australian Government)
			Cell Phones (CDC)
			Cell Phones (FDA)
			Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
			Health Protection Agency UK
			Journal of the National Cancer Institute