Cell Phones Called ‘Possible’ Cancer Cause

Cell phones are a “possible cause” of cancer, one group of experts says in a report to the World Health Organization (WHO). This puts cell phones into the same category as car exhaust, the pesticide DDT, coffee and more than 200 other substances. The decision came from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of WHO. The Associated Press wrote about it. Agency experts reviewed dozens of studies about cell phones. They concluded that there was limited evidence linking cell phone use to two types of brain tumors. They found too little evidence to draw conclusions for other cancers. About 30 studies done around the world have not found more cell phone use among people who developed brain tumors. A large study last year found no clear link between cell phones and cancer. But it did suggest a possible link between very heavy phone use and glioma, one form of brain cancer.