The World Health Organisation (WHO) has found links between
the use of mobile phones and the development of brain
cancer.
The WHO has carried out a 10-year study that has evidence that
heavy mobile users have a higher risk of developing brain tumours
later in life, reports the
Daily Telegraph.
The results of the £20m study are expected to be published.
Elisabeth Cardis, who heads the report team, said, "In the
absence of definitive results and in the light of a number of
studies which, though limited, suggest a possible effect of radio
frequency radiation, precautions are important."
She said there should be restricted use by children and methods
of reducing exposure such as hands free kits are interesting.
Earlier this month a
study revealed that studies that suggest mobile phones don't
cause cancer could be flawed.
In 2004 a
study found that 10 or more years of mobile phone use can
dramatically increase the risk of developing a benign tumour on the
auditory nerve. The Institute of Environmental Medicine at
Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, which carried out the study,
found that the risk of developing the tumours, known as acoustic
neuromas, almost doubled for persons who started using their mobile
phone at least 10 years before diagnosis.