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Cell Phones and Brain Cancer: Emerging Risks and Recommendations

As of 2009, approximately 4.6 billion mobile cellular subscriptions existed worldwide. Recent research indicates that long-term cell phone use (10 years or more) may double the risk of brain cancer, contradicting earlier studies which often involved shorter usage periods. While some studies suggest mobile phone users have no increased risk, caution is advised. Limit phone use, avoid sleeping with your phone near your head, and consider using headsets for safety.

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Cell Phones and Brain Cancer: Emerging Risks and Recommendations

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  1. Cell phones and brain cancer

  2. Quick facts • By the end of 2009, the number of mobile cellular subscriptions worldwide reached approximately 4.6 billion (THIS IS TOO WORDY) versus • 4.6 billion cell phones in use in 2009

  3. Researchers do not agree

  4. Risk of brain cancer There is growing evidence – exclusively reported in the IoS in October – that using handsets for 10 years or more can double the risk of brain cancer. Cancers take at least a decade to develop, invalidating official safety assurances based on earlier studies which included few, if any, people who had used the phones for that long.

  5. One study’s warning • A study in the IoS found using handsets for 10 years or more can double the risk of brain cancer. • Earlier studies reporting no effect had been for shorter periods • Cancers take at least a decade to develop

  6. Some say it is safe • A Swedish study - mobile phone users have no greater chance of developing the disease than the general population • The study followed 420,000 Danish mobile phone users for up to 21 years

  7. My recommendation • Cell phones could be safe but I would be careful • Limit your use of cell phones • Don’t sleep with your cell phone near your head at night • - Buy a proper headset

  8. Resources for additional information • Wenner, Melinda. “Fact or Fiction?: Cell Phones Can Cause Brain Cancer.” Scientific American. November 21, 2008. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fact-or-fiction-cell-phones-can-cause-brain-cancer

  9. Works Cited • "Cancer risk 'not raised by mobile phone use'." Northern Echo. 07 Dec. 2006: 03. eLibrary. Web. 11 May. 2010. • Lean, David. “Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking.” The Independent. independent.co.uk., 30 March 2008, Web. 11 May 2010. • Wikipedia contributors. "Mobile phone." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 10 May. 2010. Web. 11 May. 2010.

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