Mobile Phones and Brain Cancer?

Sure, headlines are designed to grab attention. But beware of titles or headlines that might overstate the facts to get your attention. I came across this item in Google News: Beware of the Mobile Phone! It Can Kill You Faster Than Smoking.

But what does the evidence really say?

Find summary articles in popular newspapers and magazines, as well as some scientific studies in scholarly journals in the Libraries' ProQuest research database. Searching for mobile phones and brain tumor (or "cell phones," or "cellular telephones") will give you results such as these:

Science: Mobiles do not increase cancer risk, says study: Scientists studied 1,000 brain tumour patients Wider investigation into phones due later this year
Ian Sample, Science correspondent. The Guardian. London (UK): Feb 6, 2008. p. 14

Judge rejects cancer data in Maryland cell phone suit
Mark Parascandola. Science. Washington: Oct 11, 2002. Vol. 298, Iss. 5592; p. 338

Search the "Legal" section of the Libraries' LexisNexis Academic database for more about this and other such cases.

Long-Term Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumor Risk
Stefan Lönn, Anders Ahlbom, Per Hall, Maria Feychting. American Journal of Epidemiology. Mar 15, 2005. Vol. 161, Iss. 6; p. 526-

With the above article, you will also find numerous responses from the authors' peers, as well as their response to their critics.

Advanced researchers may also wish to consult the PubMed research databases to find more articles presenting evidence from scientific study. See here or ask if you need help searching PubMed.

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