What major research projects are currently underway?
Several international projects are currently underway or being finalised: • Cemfec: • Belgium, Finland, Germany and Italy • researches the possibility that electromagnetic waves caused by the mobile telephony system can act as a co-carcinogen agent together with known carcinogens in the environment, particularly in water and food • both laboratory animal studies and cellular culture studies • had negative results, confirming similar previous studies • Interphone: • England, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden • looks at the link between mobile phone use and cancer • vast epidemiological study carried out on over 20,000 individuals, both healthy and suffering from various forms of cancer • ongoing • Perform-A: • Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Italy • researches whether electromagnetic waves owed to the GSM system favour the formation or development of cancer • laboratory animal study • finished, results not yet pu
