Do you remember when you parents told you not to stand so close to the microware because it could cause cancer? Now parents have moved on to ask if the younger generations will be more susceptible to cancerous brain tumors because of cell phone use.
With young people using cell phones you would think they would be more susceptible to those dangers. As a young person with a developing nervous systems and smaller head circumference, it would appear that radio frequency electromagnetic fields would penetrate more deeply. But in a recent study the contrary is found.
Swiss researchers found that children and adolescents who use mobile phones are not at a statistically significant increased risk of brain cancer compared with people their own age who do not use the mobile devices. In this one of a kind study, researchers reviewed the medical records of children aged 7 to 19 years with brain tumors. These medical records identified through population registries. To find out more information about the children, face-to-face interviews were conducted to learn more about the participants’ mobile phone usage.
According to the research, patients with brain tumors were not statistically more likely to have been regular mobile phone users than the controls. 265 (75.3%) of case patients and 466 controls (72.1%) reported having spoken on a mobile phone more than 20 times before the time when the case patient was diagnosed. This study aims to show that there is no significant increase in getting childhood brain cancer by using a phone.
Some parents may fear that their children will still develop brain cancer from using a cell phone. What precautions can a child take to lessen the effects of the radio frequency on their brain? Pediatricians have been suggesting to parent that if a child uses a hands free device the child will receive less radio frequency at their head. The lower the exposure the radio frequency the less like the child is to be made susceptible to a brain tumor. If a hands free device is a great investment to make if it can help prevent brain cancer.
