Mobile phones do not seem to cause brain cancer

Mobile phones do not seem to increase the incidence of brain cancer

Case reports have suggested the development of brain tumours in the temporal and parietal lobes and blamed the excessive use of mobile phones as the cause.There have been conflicting evidence from a number of studies (Swedish Hardell group study (small increase in some specific cancers), and Interphone studies (6,000 people - no effect), the Million Women study (no effect), and a Danish study of 420,000 people - also no effect on any cancers.  
Nevertheless people are still being cautious, especially in their prolonged use in children today who seem to be unable to function without some device attached to their ears. 



A paper in the Australian and NZ Public Health Journal (click here) gives more reassurance. In a country of 4 million people with an almost 100% uptake in the cancer register, they have studied the incidence of brain cancer between 1995 and 2010 - starting just after mobile phone use became widespread in this country.
They found no increase in the incidence of brain tumours in fact there was a significant fall in all brain cancers between the ages of 10 and 65 years of age.    There was a slight rise in people over 70 years, but these people probably use mobiles the least and improved diagnostic testing probably explains this rise. 
So should we be using mobile phones with impunity?   I dont think so, any radiation does have the potential of damaging DNA and I still believe we should be cautious.   Use mobile phones - yes, but not for prolonged periods and also do not 'store' the phones near the reproductive areas ( pockets and pouches) as they are always searching for signals.   In a world where we are being continually bombarded with radiation, sprays, toxins etc, it seems prudent to reduce these exposures to our bodies to the minimum - they can do us no good, and additively, they may cause harm.