Risk of Brain Cancer in Mobile users is denied.
Scientists reported: “A large study of mobile phone users didn’t give any proofs that longer-term users are at an increased risk of developing brain tumours.”
That was due to national records and mobile phone subscription registries for all adults aged 30 and over in Denmark between 1987 and 2007. Researchers used the data to compare the risks of getting brain cancer among those who were mobile phone subscribers and those who were not. It found no increased risk of brain cancer among either male or female mobile phone users, even among those who had used them for the longest period (13 years or over).
These results had a great influence, including its use of a large and unselected population and not having to rely on people estimating their past mobile use. Its main limitation though, is that it used the fact of subscription to a mobile phone as a measure of mobile phone use, rather than the amount of time a person spent on a mobile phone. This could misclassify people, particularly those who used a work mobile.
Scientists also remind that brain cancers are rare, meaning that the study cannot completely rule out a small-to-moderate increase in risk for heavy users or risks with use over more than 15 years. Although on its own this study cannot be seen as proof, its results offer some reassurance that mobile phone use over 10-15 years appears not to be linked to an increased risk of brain cancer in adults. It is important to note that brain tumours are rare, in both mobile phone users and non-users, and that studies have yet to detect any large effect on risk.
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