NEW YORK - Research in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute-sponsored by mobile phone operators are, discussed the concern that children are more susceptible to health risks from electromagnetic radiation issued by cell phone.
children are more susceptible to health risks from electromagnetic radiation issued by smartphoneChildren and adolescents ranging in age from 7 to 19 years who use cell phones have a greater risk of brain cancer than those who do not use it. However, these risks are not too large.
Nervous system in children continues to grow and this raises concerns on the child's head circumference is smaller, thus allowing the radiation penetrates deeper into their brains. But this first study to look specifically aimed at cancer risk in children caused the phone and found that patients suffering from brain tumors is most likely using a normal phone than those who do not have cancer.
"The use of mobile phones will be at risk, you can see the number of cancer patients would be higher if cell phone use is also high," said Professor Martin Roosli, who conducted research at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel, Switzerland.
Some funding for this research came from the Research Foundation Switzerland, Mobile Communication, which is largely supported by the Swiss mobile phone operators. However, they are not involved in this study.
Wolrd Health Organization (WHO) re-increased attention on the health risks caused by mobile phone use. Last May the WHO stated that the use of mobile phones might increase the risk of some types of brain tumors.
Roosli study was conducted between 2004 and 2008 in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. Found as many as 352 patients suffering from brain cancer of the 646 people studied. The study also found that 75.3 percent of cancer patients using mobile phones more than 20 times in their lives before being diagnosed and 72 percent in people who also studied using a cell phone with an average time equal to the cancer patients, but they do not didiaknosis.
This study uses face to face interviews and Roosli said he was not sure of the accuracy of memory research subjects, who use mobile phones in the past. Roosli also said that adolescents and children with the use of mobile phones such as those mentioned above have the possibility of increased risk of brain cancer, but not too large.
"What we found shows that there was no significant difference in how much you use and the risk is very small," added Roosli, as reported by Reuters on Thursday (28/07/2011).
