Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Use of mobile phones and cordless phones is associated with increased risk for glioma and acoustic neuroma.
Hardell L, Carlberg M, Hansson Mild K. · 2012
View Original AbstractHeavy mobile phone users (1,640+ hours) showed more than double the risk of brain tumors, exposure levels many people now exceed.
Plain English Summary
Swedish researchers analyzed data from multiple studies on mobile and cordless phone use and brain tumor risk. They found that people who used mobile phones for 10+ years had a 71% increased risk of glioma (a type of brain tumor) in the temporal lobe, and those with the heaviest usage (1,640+ hours total) had more than double the risk. The study contributed to the World Health Organization's 2011 classification of mobile phone radiation as a 'possible carcinogen.'
Study Details
The aim of this study is to investigate Use of mobile phones and cordless phones is associated with increased risk for glioma and acoustic neuroma.
The Working Group consisted of 30 scientists and categorised the radiofrequency electromagnetic fiel...
Results for cordless phones are lacking in Interphone. The meta-analysis gave for glioma in the most...
It is concluded that one should be careful using incidence data to dismiss results in analytical epidemiology. The IARC carcinogenic classification does not seem to have had any significant impact on governments' perceptions of their responsibilities to protect public health from this widespread source of radiation.
Show BibTeX
@article{l_2012_use_of_mobile_phones_3068,
author = {Hardell L and Carlberg M and Hansson Mild K.},
title = {Use of mobile phones and cordless phones is associated with increased risk for glioma and acoustic neuroma.},
year = {2012},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23261330/},
}