Phone is not Cause Brain Cancer – Research about the alleged cell phone can trigger brain cancer continues to be done. This time the World Health Organization (WHO) is also doing research for 10 years, which showed no increased cancer risk for cell phone users.
Quoted by Reuters, a WHO agency conducting such research is the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). About 13,000 mobile phone users from 13 countries involved, including the 2708 users who experience tumor glioma cases and 2409 cases of meningioma tumors.
The average cell phone use in participants was approximately 100 hours, with an average monthly usage between 2 to 2.5 hours. Participants who included the most severe category using the phone as long as 1640 hours in 10 years, equivalent to 1.5 hours a day.
Observations for 10 years showed no significant increased risk of both types of tumor. Although no increase, higher risk was found in participants’ most severe category.
Participants in that category have a 40 percent higher risk for glioma tumors, and 15 percent higher for meningioma tumors. But researchers could not conclude the existence of causal relationship to the observations.
“Indeed there is no increased risk, but can not be concluded that there was no effect at all,” said Elisabeth Cardis, who led the research.
For that Cardis suggest further research, especially among young people. According to Cardis, the EU is now funding similar research among children and adolescents.
This research also notes that the latest phones have a relatively lower emissions. In addition, the popularity of SMS technology and a handsfree device (hands free) has much lower levels of radiation in the head.
Research would cost 19.2 million euros. Of that number, the telecommunications industry contributed about 5.5 million euros.
