Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Mobile telecommunications and health: report of an investigation into an alleged cancer cluster in Sandwell, West Midlands.
Stewart A, Rao JN, Middleton JD, Pearmain P, Evans T · 2012
View Original AbstractSingle cell tower studies cannot definitively prove or disprove cancer links due to small sample sizes and multiple confounding factors.
Plain English Summary
Researchers investigated whether a cell phone tower could be causing cancer cases on one street in England after residents expressed concern. They analyzed cancer data from 19 affected residents and compared it to regional averages over 12 years. While they found slightly higher cancer rates in the area during one time period, the cases didn't qualify as a true cancer cluster and couldn't be linked to the nearby cell tower.
Study Details
Residents of one street expressed concern about the number of incident cancers, following the installation of a nearby mobile phone base station. The investigation explored whether the base station could be responsible for the cancers.
Data were collected from residents' medical records. GPs and oncologists provided further informatio...
Ward-level cancer incidence and mortality data were also obtained, over four three-year time periods...
We cannot conclude that the base station was responsible for the cancers. It is unlikely that information around a single base station can either demonstrate or exclude causality.
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@article{a_2012_mobile_telecommunications_and_health_3423,
author = {Stewart A and Rao JN and Middleton JD and Pearmain P and Evans T},
title = {Mobile telecommunications and health: report of an investigation into an alleged cancer cluster in Sandwell, West Midlands.},
year = {2012},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23111085/},
}