Breathe Easy: Mobile Phones Found Not to Cause Brain Cancer, WHO Study Confirms

Is it possible that your mobile phone use could increase your chances of getting cancer? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the answer is "No."

A comprehensive review, led by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (Arpansa), examined over 5,000 studies, and concluded there is no evidence to support the link between mobile phones and brain or other head and neck cancers. "We're always exposed to low-level radio waves in the everyday environment," says Karipidis, the review lead author and Arpansa's health impact assessment assistant director, "And even though mobile phone use has drastically increased over the years, brain tumour rates have remained stable."

The review reconciles the public concern stirred by WHO's earlier designation of radio-frequency fields as a possible cancer risk, a category which includes hundreds of substances with uncertain harm evidence. This ground-breaking research provides clarification and comfort to anyone worried about the health impact of their mobile phone usage.

- CyberBeat