SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND (BNO NEWS) — Although research is ongoing, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday that available scientific evidence shows no increased health risk due to radiofrequency energy, a form of electromagnetic radiation that is emitted by cell phones.

FDA cites World Health Organization (WHO) findings released on May 17, 2010 and a separate National Cancer Institute program. Despite the dramatic increase in cell phone use, occurrences of brain cancer did not increase between 1987 and 2005.

Although some of the data suggested an increased risk for people with the heaviest use of cell phones, the study determined that biases and errors limit the strength of conclusions that can be drawn from it.

According to WHO, cell phone use has become much more prevalent and it is not unusual for young people to use cell phones for an hour or more a day.

This increasing use is tempered, however, by the lower emissions, on average, from newer technology phones, and the increasing use of texting and hands-free operations that keep the phone away from the head.

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