WHO-Led Study Finds No Link Between Mobile Phones and Brain Cancer
The World Health Organization has found no link between mobile phone use and increased brain cancer risk. Their recent study reviewed 63 studies from 1994 to 2022 and found no significant rise in brain cancer rates, even among long-term mobile phone users. The study suggests that mobile phone radiation may need reclassification based on the new evidence.
A new study commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) found no link between mobile phone use and increased brain cancer risk.
The review analyzed 63 studies conducted between 1994 and 2022, involving 11 investigators from 10 countries, including Australia's radiation protection authority.
Despite the widespread use of wireless technology, the incidence of brain cancers has not risen.
This includes individuals who make long phone calls and those using mobile phones for over a decade.
Co-author Mark Elwood, professor of cancer epidemiology at the University of Auckland, emphasized that no significant risks were found, whether investigating adult or childhood brain cancers, pituitary and salivary gland cancers, leukemias, or occupational exposures.
The study suggests re-evaluating the International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) classification of mobile phone radiation as 'possibly carcinogenic' based on the new data since their last assessment in 2011.
The review supports previous WHO findings, urging further research while noting no conclusive evidence of health risks from mobile phone radiation.
The review analyzed 63 studies conducted between 1994 and 2022, involving 11 investigators from 10 countries, including Australia's radiation protection authority.
Despite the widespread use of wireless technology, the incidence of brain cancers has not risen.
This includes individuals who make long phone calls and those using mobile phones for over a decade.
Co-author Mark Elwood, professor of cancer epidemiology at the University of Auckland, emphasized that no significant risks were found, whether investigating adult or childhood brain cancers, pituitary and salivary gland cancers, leukemias, or occupational exposures.
The study suggests re-evaluating the International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) classification of mobile phone radiation as 'possibly carcinogenic' based on the new data since their last assessment in 2011.
The review supports previous WHO findings, urging further research while noting no conclusive evidence of health risks from mobile phone radiation.