The World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded that there is no link between mobile phone use and an increased risk of brain cancer.
Right now, cell phone radiation is classified as "possibly carcinogenic“, or class 2B, by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a category used when the agency cannot exclude a potential link.
The IARC advisory group called for the classification to be reassessed as soon as possible, taking into account new data since its last assessment in 2011.
According to analysis According to a WHO report published today, despite the huge increase in the use of wireless technology, there has been no corresponding increase in the incidence of brain cancers. This also applies to people who make long phone calls or who have been using mobile phones for more than a decade.
As shared by Mark Elwood, study co-author and professor of cancer epidemiology at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, the final analysis included 63 studies dating from 1994 to 2022. The 11 researchers from 10 countries assessed the effects of radiofrequency radiation used in mobile phones, as well as televisions, baby monitors and radars.
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The WHO study looked at brain cancers in adults and children, as well as cancer of the pituitary gland (or hypophysis), salivary glands and leukaemia, and the risks associated with the use of mobile phones, base stations or transmitters, as well as occupational exposure: “None of the main issues studied revealed increased risks”.
According to information shared by the press, other types of cancer will be reported separately.
The WHO and other international health bodies have previously stated that there is no definitive evidence of adverse health effects from radiation from mobile phones. However, they have argued that more research is needed.
