HEALTHY DIETS AND SCIENCE: 30% increase in brain tumours for cell (mobile) phone users

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Tuesday 15 February 2011

30% increase in brain tumours for cell (mobile) phone users

This study was published in the International Journal of Oncology 2003 Feb;22(2):399-407

Study title and authors:
Further aspects on cellular and cordless telephones and brain tumours.
Hardell L, Mild KH, Carlberg M.
Department of Oncology, University Hospital, S-701 85 Orebro, Sweden. lennart.hardell@orebroll.se

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12527940

The study compared 1,617 patients with brain tumours with a group of 1,470 free from brain tumours to investigate the effects of mobile phone use.

The researchers found
(a) A 30% increase in brain tumours on the same side of the brain that was used during cell (mobile) phone calls was observed.
(b) There was a 4.4 fold increase in non-malignant tumours in cell (mobile) phone users.

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