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Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

Estimated lifetime risk of developing a brain tumor with and without mobile phone use.

November 21, 2010 |
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Sources Cited

L. Hardell, M. Carlberg, F. Soderqvist, and K. H. Mild. Meta-analysis of long-term mobile phone use and the association with brain tumours. Int. J. Oncol., 32(5):1097-1103, 2008.

Acknowledgements

Image thanks to Honza Soukup.

Transcript

Speaking of potential DNA damage, fact or fiction: Cells phones can give you brain cancer. The incidence of brain tumors have been increasing over the last 25 years, but is it because of mobile phones? Fact, or fiction?
Fact. Major review in the International Journal of Oncology published last year. If you don’t use cell phones your lifetime risk of developing a brain tumor is about 1 in 167; if you do use cell phones, your lifetime risk is still really small, but it goes up from 1 in 167 to 1 in 128. That’s still less than a 1% chance you’re ever going to get a brain tumor, but it’s best to use a headset or the speakerphone option and limit the time children use them.

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  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/mgreger/ Michael Greger M.D.

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