Meta study: No evidence that cell phones cause brain cancer

Meta study: No evidence that cell phones cause brain cancer

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Time to take off the tinfoil hat: A review of 28 years of research into the health effects of radio wave exposure from cell phones has found no evidence to link PDAs to brain cancer, or negative health effects more generally.

Do cell phones cause cancer?

The findings, published recently in Environment International and commissioned and partly funded by the World Health Organization (WHO), looked at 63 studies published between 1994 and 2022 from 22 countries.

Different types of brain and head cancer in adults and children, as well as whole-body exposure from proximity to broadcast antenna and base stations and occupational radio frequency/electromagnetic field (RF-EMF), were looked at as part of the meta-study. In no case did the researchers find a link between exposure to radio waves from mobile and wireless devices and brain cancer. Note that RF-EMF is part of the non-ionizing radiation region of the electromagnetic spectrum, making it intrinsically and substantially less dangerous than ionizing radiation.

There is still no evidence of any established health effects from cell phone-related exposures, and that's a good thing

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