Brain cancer linked to mobile use

Mobile phone users could be increasing their chances of developing brain cancer, experts have warned.

Brain cancer linked to mobile use
Wed, 01 Jun, 2011 - 10:34

Mobile phone users could be increasing their chances of developing brain cancer, experts have warned.

Scientists for the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said radiofrequency electromagnetic fields associated with mobile handsets potentially increase the risk of glioma, a malignant type of the disease.

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