Cell Phones and Cell Phone Antennas

The State of Maine Radiation Control Program does not regulate cell phones or cell phone base station antennas. This page is only designed to serve as a reference point to answer questions you may have about present research related to cell phones. Cell phones and paging systems as well as wireless phones and computer networks all communicate by electro-magnetic waves in a wide area of the spectrum called radio frequencies or (RF). These are often referred to as radio waves.

World Health Organization EMF page

• Fact Sheet on EMF (radio frequencies)(11MB)
• Electro-Magnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

• Consumer Information on cell phones
• Children and Cell Phones
• Health Issues
• Research

Federal Communications Commission

• Radio-frequency Safety
• Wireless Phones
• American Cancer Society
• National Institute of Health - National Institute of Environmental Heatlh Sciences National Toxicology Program information regarding upcoming studies