Mobile Phone Use May Be Linked to Cancer, WHO Panel Finds
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Mobile phones may cause brain cancer in humans, a World Health Organization agency said, citing a review of studies.
Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from handsets is greater than that from phone towers and base stations, Robert Baan, the senior scientist in charge of the International Agency for Research on Cancer report on the subject, said on a conference call with reporters. The fields are “possibly” carcinogenic, the same category as diesel fuel, chloroform and working as a firefighter, according to the IARC, based in Lyon, France, which classifies cancer risks.