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Cellphone use may cause cancer, says WHO

1 Jun 2011

Cellphone users may be at increased risk from brain cancer and should use SMSing and hands-free devices to reduce exposure, the World Health Organisation's cancer experts said.

(Image: Serenity, via Wikimedia Commons)

Radio-frequency electromagnetic fields generated by such devices are "possibly carcinogenic to humans", the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced at the end of an eight-day meeting in Lyon, France, on Tuesday.Read on.

Meanwhile...

Caution urged on mobile cancer warning

Medical experts say the public should not be alarmed by a finding by the World Health Organization that mobile phone usage could be linked to cancer.

The WHO classified mobile phone usage as possibly carcinogenic after reviewing the available evidence.

But it also said that more research is needed and cancer specialists say that if people are worried there are ways for them to reduce their exposure to the risks as Barbara Miller reports. Read on.