The decades-long debate about whether radiation from cell phones raises the risk of cancer has a new piece of evidence to chew over.
A new study from the United Kingdom has found no link between using a cell phone and developing aResearchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the University of Oxford tracked more than 750,000 women in the U.K. for 20 years. Their findings did not show any link, even for people who use their phones every day or have used them for more than 10 years.
However, the study and its conclusion have been heavily criticized by the Environmental Health Trust, a private non-profit that argues cell phones and cellular networks are inherently dangerous and a cancer risk. Concerns about a cancer risk, particularly brain tumors, have been circulating for decades, and to date, there have been some 30 epidemiologic studies on this issue.
The study team looked at data from the ongoing UK Million Women Study to examine links between cell phone use and cancer. This study began in 1996 and involves 1 in 4 of all women in the U.K. born between 1935 and 1950. Participants are sent questionnaires at regular intervals to gather data on lifestyle practices and general health.
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