A study covering more than a decade of cell phone use found that radio wave radiation from cell phones does not increase the risk of brain cancer or cause leukemia or brain cancer in children, even if they live near radio, television or cell towers.

Cell phones do not cause cancer

Ken Karipidis, one of the authors of the study, emphasized the importance of these results and noted that despite the increase in mobile phone use in recent years, brain cancer statistics did not show any increase in cases.

Previously, in 2011, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (a division of the WHO) classified cell phone radio waves as a probable carcinogen, which prompted a wealth of additional scientific studies.

Importance of research

More than 5,000 studies were analyzed from 1994 to 2022, and most of them failed to confirm a link between radio waves and the development of cancer. There was also no evidence that cell towers increased the risk of cancer. Today’s 3G and 4G networks emit significantly less radio waves than older technologies, and current evidence does not show an increased risk for 5G networks, he said.

This study adds important information to the debate about the safety of mobile technology by highlighting that current scientific evidence does not support fears of a link between mobile phone use and the development of cancer.