The Interphone International Study Group has recently conducted a studytrying to determine if mobile phone use increases the risk of cancer, particularly of the brain. They focused on four different types of brain tumors that most absorbed radio frequency electromagnetic fields, those of which mobile phones emit during use. The results showed that the evidence of the study was “limited” in terms of glioma and acoustic neuroma and “inadequate” to come to a conclusion of the other types of cancers. However, the information gathered was substantial enough for Dr. Jonathan Samet, the Chairman of the Working Group of Scientists that had been conducting this study, to state that there could be some risk of cancer caused by mobile phones, and we must keep an eye on it. The use of mobile phones has increased over the years and still continues to do so. Long-term, heavy use of mobile phones must be evaluated in the future.
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