The recent study released by Danish scientists on the long-debated topic of whether cellphones are essentially a factor in causing cancer to people/animals vindicates its long held position on the topic. The nationwide study, conducted by researchers led by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen, is the world’s largest study on the subject till date, involving over 350,000 cellphone users over a period of 18 years.
The research involved study of data on the whole Danish population aged above 30 between the period of 1990 to 2007. The whole Danish adult population was subdivided into subscribers and non-subscribers of mobile phones and followed up for incidence of cancer and other diseases. The detailed study found no evidence of any increased risk of brain or nervous system tumours / cancer among mobile phone subscribers.
The study concluded that no increased risk of cancer due to use of cellphone was found. The extended study also allowed to investigate effects in people, who had used mobile phones for 10 years or more, and it was found that even the long term use of cellphone was not associated with higher risks of cancer. Further no increased risk in “Brain Tumor,” which would be the most plausible tumour location if mobile phone use was a risk.
Mr. Rajan S Mathews, Director General, COAI, stated that “The subject has been one of serious concern for a long time and COAI believes that misinformation is best put to rest through credible and scientific research’s and studies.”
He also stated that COAI believes that such path-breaking findings will be instrumental in rebutting untrue and unproved suppositions leading to apprehensions in the general public; and would prevent people with vested interests from misleading the general populace.
The study has once again reinstated the finding of the earlier studies on the topic, where no concrete correlation between cellphone use and cancer/tumours has been established. Notably, various studies have found that cancer rates have not risen since cellphones were introduced.