Cell phone radiation does not cause cancer – new study

Since the first smartphones found their way into our pockets, many people have believed that cell phone radiation is dangerous to the human body. Although there is no concrete evidence to support this, scientists have not ruled it out completely. However, a new study has now concluded that cell phone radiation does not cause cancer in the form of brain tumors.

A study commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) gives the all-clear: mobile phone radiation does not cause cancer in the form of brain tumors. As part of the study, a team of researchers investigated the possible effects of radio waves on the human body. They were unable to establish a connection between the use of smartphones and cancer in the head area.

Cancer: Cell phone radiation does not cause brain tumors

Ken Karipidis of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) led the review. He said it is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment in the field to date. Karipidis said:

When the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified exposure to radio waves as possibly carcinogenic to humans in 2013, it was based largely on limited evidence from observational studies in humans.

Dan Baaken from the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection and Maria Blettner, director of the Institute for Medical Biometry, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), were also involved in the study. Before the actual review, they and their colleagues considered over 5,000 studies published between 1994 and 2022. 63 of them were part of the final analysis.

Researchers give the all-clear

The current study is based on a much larger data set than all previous analyses in this area, as it also includes new and more comprehensive studies. The researchers are therefore confident that radio waves and cell phone radiation neither cause cancer nor pose a risk to human health.

The results of the systematic review are consistent with previous ARPANSA studies, which have already shown that the incidence of brain tumors has not increased despite the significant increase in the use of wireless technologies over the past 20 years.

Study leader Ken Karipidis also gives the all-clear: “The health effects of wireless technologies are one of the best-researched health topics.”

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