Cellphones and Cancer ???

Hi friends,

Do cellphones cause cancer? That question is about to be revived with the publication of a long-awaited study called Interphone. Given the public health implications, we can expect it to get a lot of media attention. But you should treat what you read and hear with caution.


Interphone was coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and established on the recommendation of the IARC's parent body, the World Health Organization. It comprises 16 studies in 13 countries that sought to determine whether cellphone use is associated with tumours of the brain (glioma), meninges (meningioma), acoustic nerve (acoustic neuroma) or salivary glands.

Interphone compared cellphone use in 6420 people who had these cancers (2765 with glioma, 2425 with meningioma, 1121 with acoustic neuroma and 109 with salivary gland tumours) with that of 7658 people without cancer. The studies were designed to work out whether those with cancer had used their mobiles for longer or more intensively than the others.

Be Aware!