No link found
Mobile phones
cell phone radio waves. Home & environment.
- Verdict
- No link foundStudies looked for a link to cancer and didn't find one.
- How sure
- Rung 3 · ModerateConsistent observational studies or small trials, not yet confirmed by large trials.
- How big
- No rise in brain cancer found, including in long-term users.
The rung shows how sure the science is, not how big the effect is. How to read these ratings
Cancers affected
Brain
What the evidence shows
A WHO-commissioned review of 63 studies from 1994 to 2022 found no rise in brain cancer with mobile phone use, including long-term users. Radio waves remain classed as possibly carcinogenic from a 2011 review that is due for re-evaluation.
What to do
No need to change how you use your phone for cancer reasons.
Sources
To take it to your doctor, print this page.
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