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Brain Cancers and Mobile Phones

February 6th 2008 -

The effect of Mobiles phones on the health with reference to the brain cancers is under discussion for quite some time. It is reported by BBC that a recent study in Japan suggests that mobile phone usage is not a risk factor in causing the brain cancers. This Japan based study got published recently in British Journal of Cancers, in this study the researchers have compared 322 brain cancer patients and 683 healthy people and have reached a conclusion that mobile phone usage has no relation with brain cancer.

Some time back, a similar study was conducted in 13 countries coordinated by International Agency for research on Cancer (IARC). It was a multicentric international study and was named INTERPHONE. At the start of study, it was recognized by IARC that certain electromagnetic fields (at extremely low frequency) were possibly carcinogenic. The study was started with the aim to know the reality with scientific methods. This scribe happened to read the results of the study carried out in Lyon France. The results suggested that no significant increased risk for glioma, meningioma or neuroma (all are brain tumors) was observed among cell phone users participating in Interphone. In the same report, it was suggested that the statistical power of the study was limited, and in order to know the complete picture, data from heaviest users, therefore need to be verified in the international INTERPHONE analysis. The similar point of concern was voiced by Dr. Lesley Walker, of the charity Cancer Research UK, who said: “So far, studies have shown no evidence that mobile use is harmful, but we can’t be completely sure about their long-term effects.”

Here, it must be noted that in this connection, the largest study to date, involving 420,000 people ailed to find any evidence of a cancer trend even after 10 years of use.

From the discussion above, it can be concluded that the data available to date about harmful effects of mobile phone usage in incomplete and inconclusive so it is better to play safe.

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