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    Study eases mobile phone cancer fears

    Posted on 06/02/2008

    A major new study has not found any evidence that mobile phone use causes an increased risk of brain cancer.

    The Japanese research, published in the British Journal of Cancer, looked for possible effects of mobile phone radiation on different areas of the brain. The scientists compared data from 683 healthy people and 322 patients with brain cancer.

    Lead researcher Professor Naohito Yamaguchi, of Tokyo Women's Medical University, said: 'Using our newly developed and more accurate techniques, we found no association between mobile phone use and cancer, providing more evidence to suggest they don't cause brain cancer.'

    The study broadly echoes last year's report by the Mobile Telecommunications Health Research Programme.

    Dr Lesley Walker of Cancer Research UK said: 'So far, studies have shown no evidence that mobile use is harmful, but we can't be completely sure about their long-term effects. Research is still ongoing and Cancer Research UK will continue to look for new evidence.'

    Uncertainty over mobile phone use is not the only longstanding health concern to have been addressed by research results in recent days.

    Yesterday, a new report confirmed that it could find no link between the MMR vaccine and autism, adding to what one researcher from the Health Protection Agency said was the 'overwhelming body of evidence from around the world supporting the use of MMR'.



    Category: Healthy Lifestyle


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