Still a hot topic.
Yet after listening to two audiocasts on the topic, I’m convinced that we need not worry … much.
(There are hundreds of more important things to worry about. Imported green grapes being on the dirty dozen list, for one.)
… Mobile phones use electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range, which some believe may be harmful to human health. A large body of research exists, both epidemiological and experimental, in non-human animals and in humans, that shows overall no evidence for harmful effects. Other digital wireless systems, such as data communication networks, produce similar radiation.
The World Health Organization, based upon the consensus view of the scientific and medical communities, has stated that cancer is unlikely to be caused by cellular phones or their base stations and that reviews have found no convincing evidence for other health effects. …
Some of the alarmist articles you may have seen were based on research of dubious quality.
Two studies are deemed best:
… In 2006 a large Danish study about the connection between mobile phone use and cancer incidence was published. It followed over 420,000 Danish citizens for 20 years and showed no increased risk of cancer …
details – Cellular Telephone Use and Cancer Risk: Update of a Nationwide Danish Cohort
… The 13 nation INTERPHONE project – the largest study of its kind ever undertaken – has now been published and did not find a solid link with mobile phones and brain tumours. …
details and links to the many reports out of this study – International Case-Controlled Studies of Cancer in Relation to Mobile Telephone Use.
The final question: What about kids?
My answer: They mainly text, not talk. The phone is rarely anywhere near their brain.
Rick McCharles 