Originally published September 14 2005
Cell phones don't cause cancer, claims study
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A recent study published in the British Journal of Cancer negates the link between cell phones and a kind of brain cancer called acoustic neuroma.
One of the largest and most rigorous studies ever into the alleged links between cancer and the use of mobile phones has failed to find any connection between the two --- at least for the first ten years of use.
According to the study, published on line by the British Journal of Cancer and conducted by scientists at the world-renowned Institute of Cancer Research in London, there is no link between a type of brain cancer called acoustic neuroma and the number of years that mobiles had been used, the time since first use, the total hours of use or the total number of calls.
However, the researchers admitted there was relatively little information concerning the risk of tumours after mobile use of over ten years.
Acoustic neuromas are benign tumours that grow in the nerve connecting the ear and inner ear to the brain.
The study was carried out in five countries --- Britain, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, all countries that established mobile networks early on and have a high mobile phone penetration --- on 678 people with acoustic neuroma and compared their use of mobile phones over a 10-year period with a group of 3,553 people who had not developed the condition.
Professor Anthony Swerdlow, a senior investigator on the study at the Institute of Cancer Research, said mobile phone use was a relatively recent phenomenon and that longer-term problems may yet emerge.
Last May, a study found that people who use mobile phones regularly in rural areas are three times more likely than city dwellers to suffer from brain tumours.
However, a study published last year of 427 people with brain tumours found no evidence to suggest that mobile phones were responsible, although, again, the scientists behind the study warned that further research was needed.
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