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ElectromagneticFields(EMF)Projectsince
itsinceptionin1996.Aninfluentialresult
ofthisworkhasbeenthedevelopmentofa
detailedagendaofresearchneedsthathas
driventheestablishmentofnewresearch
programsaroundtheworld.Theproject
hasalsohelpeddevelopaseriesofpublic
informationdocumentsonEMFissues.The
FDAandtheCellularTelecommunications
&InternetAssociation(CTIA)haveaformal
CooperativeResearchandDevelopment
Agreement(CRADA)todoresearchon
wirelessphonesafety.TheFDAprovides
thescientificoversight,obtaininginput
fromexpertsingovernment,industry,
andacademicorganizations.CTIAfunded
researchisconductedthroughcontracts
withindependentinvestigators.Theinitial
researchwillincludebothlaboratorystudies
andstudiesofwirelessphoneusers.The
CRADAwillalsoincludeabroadassessment
ofadditionalresearchneedsinthecontext
ofthelatestresearchdevelopmentsaround
theworld.
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