A group of experts from 11 countries has been commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) to determine whether there is a link between brain tumors and increased exposure to radio frequencies used by mobile phones.
These experts examined all studies published on the subject between 1994 and 2022, before selecting 63 for their final analysis, which has just been published this week, making it “the most comprehensive analysis to date,” said its lead author, Professor Ken Karipidis, director of the Australian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Agency.
The tumor rate remained stable
“We concluded that the evidence does not demonstrate a link between mobile phones and brain cancer or other head and neck cancers,” he said. au Guardian“What makes us quite confident is that even though cell phone use has exploded, brain tumor rates have remained stable.”
Mobile phones (like anything that uses wireless technology, including laptops) emit radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation. “And because we use a mobile phone close to our heads when we make calls, this raises a lot of concerns,” explains Professor Karipidis.
No matter how much time you spend on the phone
However, his study is reassuring because it found no overall association between mobile phone use and cancer, even in the case of prolonged use (in people who have used a smartphone for more than 10 years) or time spent on the phone.
Prof Karipidis and his colleagues are now working on the second part of the study, which will look at cancers less commonly associated with mobile phones, including leukaemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Source : The effect of exposure to radiofrequency fields on cancer risk in the general and working population: A systematic review of human observational studies, International environment, September 2024
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