I've seen the studies that say there's no evidence of mobile phone use causing cancer, but always wondered how long those studied lasted for, and what longer-term effects may be. This is basically giving us a warning that we should be careful, particularly where children are concerned, whose brains are still developing.
"A major six-year research study in the UK said last year that there
were no short-term adverse effects to brain and cell function from
mobile phone use.
However, the UK Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research
Programme said there was a "hint" of a higher cancer risk in the long
term and that its research would look into the effects over a 10-year
period.
"I am convinced that there are sufficient data to warrant issuing an
advisory to share some precautionary advice on cell phone use,"
Programme chairman Professor Lawrie Challis said: "We can't
rule out the possibility at this stage that cancer could appear in a
few years' time.""
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