According to a recent headline: “Using a mobile phone for 30 minutes will lead to a heightened risk of brain cancer” –it is preposterous to see and read something like this when it was only a few days ago that the results of a major study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France has finally polled in the results of their large scale study which showed that there is no link between using mobile phones and the presence of brain cancer in users.
While it is understandable that there will be medical professionals who would support one result and dispute the other, the fact of the matter is that the International Agency for Research on Cancer is a World Health Organization division and that their study encompassed 13 different countries with subjects that reached up to 13,000 in number. This is officially the largest study ever made to search for the link between phone usage and the presence of brain cancer.
The Institute of Cancer Research has its own studies and they are also a respected organization. However, to actually think that their research surpasses that of the WHO would preposterous –or at the very least, mildly insulting to the global effort.
In any case, regardless of who ever is right about their findings; the fact of the matter is that no matter how many health warnings are put out, people will never stop using mobile phones. These gadgets have long since become necessities –far from the gadgets of convince that they were when the first mobile phones were introduced.
In this day and age, nobody can survive a regular work day without being able to keep in touch with colleagues and contacts. Even one’s personal well being is not tied up to having a phone –socializing and even family matters are not usually discussed over mobile devices than meeting in person.
Tags: Cancer, health, mobile-phone-use, research