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Mobiles not linked to cancer, says study

Thu, 07 Dec 2006

A study, carried out by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark and published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has found out that cell phones don't trigger cancer .

Mobile phone antennas emit electromagnetic fields that can penetrate the human brain.

But the latest study of 420,000 users who had owned mobiles for up to 21 years Danish team has found no evidence that this was linked to an increased risk of tumours in the head or neck as had been feared.

It is estimated that more than 2 billion people worldwide use mobile phones .

The study included all Danes who first subscribed for mobile service between 1982 and 1995 and were followed through 2002 meaning some were tracked for two decades. The researchers then compared their cancer incidence to the rest of Denmark's population, but no evidence of any such risk was found.

Professor Tricia McKinney, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Leeds, said: "The results of this Danish cohort study are important as they have analysed data from mobile phone company records and do not rely on users remembering for up to 10 years in the past how often they used their phone .

"The large numbers of subscribers in the study mean we can have some confidence in the results that have not linked mobile phone use to a risk of any cancer, including brain tumours."

The authors of the study concluded, "We found no evidence for an association between tumor risk and cellular telephone use among either short-term or long-term users. Moreover, the narrow confidence intervals provide evidence that any large association of risk of cancer and cellular telephone use can be excluded."
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