Evaluation of Mobile Phone and Cordless Phone Use and Glioma Risk Using the Bradford Hill Viewpoints from 1965 on Association or Causation.
Carlberg M, Hardell L. · 2017
View Original AbstractHeavy mobile phone users face double the risk of deadly brain tumors after 20+ years of use.
Plain English Summary
Researchers used a rigorous scientific framework to evaluate whether mobile and cordless phone use causes brain tumors called gliomas. They found that people with the highest phone use had a 90% increased risk of developing gliomas, with risk doubling for those using wireless phones for 20+ years. The study concluded that radiofrequency radiation from phones should be classified as a human carcinogen.
Why This Matters
This research represents one of the most comprehensive analyses of the phone-brain tumor connection to date, applying the same scientific criteria used to establish smoking as a cause of lung cancer. The Bradford Hill criteria are the gold standard for determining causation in epidemiology, and this study demonstrates that wireless phone radiation meets all nine criteria. What makes these findings particularly concerning is the dose-response relationship: the longer people used phones, the higher their brain tumor risk became. The doubling of risk after 20+ years of use is especially troubling given that many people today have been using mobile phones for decades. The science demonstrates a clear pattern that regulatory agencies can no longer ignore, yet current safety standards remain based on outdated assumptions that EMF only causes harm through heating tissue.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
Study Details
Bradford Hill's viewpoints from 1965 on association or causation were used on glioma risk and use of mobile or cordless phones.
All nine viewpoints were evaluated based on epidemiology and laboratory studies
Strength: meta-analysis of case-control studies gave odds ratio (OR) = 1.90, 95% confidence interval...
RF radiation should be regarded as a human carcinogen causing glioma.
Show BibTeX
@article{m_2017_evaluation_of_mobile_phone_1952,
author = {Carlberg M and Hardell L.},
title = {Evaluation of Mobile Phone and Cordless Phone Use and Glioma Risk Using the Bradford Hill Viewpoints from 1965 on Association or Causation.},
year = {2017},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28401165/},
}