Largest Study Yet: Cellphone Use Not a Cancer Risk

By: on 10.24.11
Cellphone Cancer

Cellphone Cancer

The largest study ever conducted on the matter found that cellphone use does not increase the risk of cancer. The study compared the rate of brain tumors in over 350,000 people in the country of Denmark. There was no significant difference in cancer risks between those who use a cellphone and those who don’t. Read the full article at Reuters.com

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).

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  • Mary Brace

    This new study and the method in which it was conducted reflects more wishful thinking in the cell phone community.

    The article published in the BBC write-up last Thursday concludes with a huge tip-off: “But the researchers themselves do accept there were some limitations to
    the study, including the exclusion of “corporate subscriptions”, thereby
    excluding people who used their phones for business purposes, who could
    be among the heaviest users.” The number of people who were left out of the study totaled almost as many as the 350k left in.

    Devra Davis wrote a book last year that should have been paid attention to (Disconnect); it didn’t take her long at all to find out more information about this study and show how flawed it is.

    http://www.environmentalhealthtrust.org/content/press-release-updated-cell-phone-study-deeply-flawed-say-experts

    I hope no one in broadcasting was unquestioning enough to take the Reuters article at face value, and go on the air with it.