Cancer and Cell Phone Use
Cell phones are particularly dangerous for children and using them could increase risk of brain cancer, according to a report released recently by the International EMF Collaborative, a UK-based watchdog group that studies electromagnetic radiation exposure and its effects on health.
The report highlighted a Swedish study published in May in the International Journal of Oncology that showed that digital cell phone and cordless phone use begun in the teenage years led to 420% increased risk of brain cancer.
Children should not sleep with cell phones under their pillows and they should only be used by children under 18 except in cases of emergency, the report said.
Source: Healthbriefs, theSun, September 7, 2009.
