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Mobile Phones Not Linked to Brain Cancer

WHO and global health bodies called for re-evaluation of the 2011 cancer risk classification.

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    WHO-commissioned review found no evidence linking mobile phone use to increased brain cancer risk.

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    Study assessed data from 63 studies between 1994 and

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    Focused on radiofrequency radiation and its association with cancer.

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    Studies included brain cancers in adults and children, pituitary and salivary glands cancers, leukemias, and risks linked to base stations and transmitters.

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    Review did not find a rise in brain cancer incidence despite increased wireless technology use.

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Mobile Phones Not Linked to Brain Cancer

WHO and global health bodies called for re-evaluation of the 2011 cancer risk classification.

  • by Jennifer Rigby

  • September 3, 2024

  • 2 min

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