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<p>The Department has supported research in relation to concerns that there might
be adverse effects from exposure to the low levels of radiofrequency radiation, or
radio waves, from mobile phones and base stations.</p><p>The independently managed
Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) programme ran from 2001 until
2012 and funded 31 projects, leading to over 60 publications. Information about the
MTHR programme and the studies it supported can be found at the following link:</p><p><a
href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http:/www.mthr.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http://www.mthr.org.uk/</a></p><p>MTHR
research has considered symptoms in relation to the skin and the eyes. None of the
research supported by MTHR has demonstrated that biological or adverse health effects
are produced by radiofrequency exposure from mobile phones or base stations.</p><p>The
Department continues to support research on exposure to radio waves, including the
ongoing Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health (COSMOS) and the Study of Cognition,
Adolescents and Mobile Phone studies (SCAMP) at Imperial College London. Information
about these studies can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="http://www.thecosmosproject.org/"
target="_blank">http://www.thecosmosproject.org/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.scampstudy.org/"
target="_blank">http://www.scampstudy.org/</a></p>
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