A major
has suggested there is a link between mobile phones and cancer. Researchers exposed
male rats to the type of radio frequencies which are commonly emitted by mobile
phones. Following this exposure, “low incidences” of two types of tumours were
found in the animals in both the brain and the heart. Tumours were not found in
rats not exposed to the frequencies. More than 2,500 rats were experimented on
at intervals over a two-year period.
Given the
widespread global usage of mobile communications among users of all ages, even
a very small increase in the incidence of disease resulting from exposure to
(radio-frequency radiation) could have broad implications for public health. The
study is thought to be one of the largest and most in-depth analyses of mobile
phones and cancers. When people were saying there’s no risk, I think this study
ends that kind of statement.
Many previous
studies have suggested a link between cancer and mobile phone use but have been
criticized for methodology or having small sample sizes which may be
subsequently subject to bias.
