10/25/2024
Kevin Hughes
The research review commissioned by the WHO and recently published in Environment International had researchers examining 63 studies completed between 1994 and 2022, as well as participants in 22 countries. Assessing these studies were 11 investigators from nine countries.
The researchers examined the effects of radio frequencies from mobile phones, base stations, transmitters and occupational exposure.
They zeroed in on cancers in the brains of adults and children including cancer of the pituitary gland and salivary glands. The threat of leukemia was also considered.
The researchers reported that in spite of the huge increase in the use of wireless technology in the past two decades, there has not been an equivalent increase in brain cancer. They added the risk assessment involves people who repeatedly have long phone calls and those who have used mobile devices for more than a decade.
The South Korean study was published in the wake of recent health data from Denmark revealing that central nervous system tumors along with brain tumors are increasing.
"Denmark is noted for its excellent tracking of cancer cases, and it is concerning when their data show a clear increase," said Mona Nilsson, co-founder and director of the Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation.
The Danish Cancer Registry on Sept. 30 released a report on the number of recent cancer cases in Denmark.
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