According to the first study to consider the effects of radiation on different parts of the brain, using a mobile phone does not increase your risk of brain cancer. Scientists at Tokyo Women's Medical University compared phone use in 322 brain cancer patients with 683 healthy people and found that regularly using a mobile phone did not significantly affect the likelihood of getting brain cancer.
The radiation emitted from different types of phones was also studied to assess the effects on different areas of the brain. While scientists around the world have been monitoring the effects of radio-frequency fields on human health for nearly 60 years, public concern over the safety of mobile phones has grown in recent years as more and more adults and children rely on them for everyday communication. Evidence to date has given the technology a clean bill of health.
read more at http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL0527283020080205
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