Exposure to mobile phone radiation brain cancer risk, published studies showed that intensive use of mobile phones might lead to an increased risk of glioma, and acoustic neuroma a malignant form of brain cancer.

Radiation from mobile phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) after a major review of the effects of electromagnetic waves on human health.

The declaration was based on evidence in published studies that intensive use of mobile phones might lead to an increased risk of glioma, and acoustic neuroma a malignant form of brain cancer, but have not been able to draw conclusions for other types of cancers.

Mobile phones and cordless phones emit a form of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation, like a low-powered microwave oven which can be absorbed by the tissues and cells that come in close contact with the phone. What microwave radiation does is most similar to what happens to food in microwaves, essentially cooking the brain.

Studies found that our body’s defenses are weaker after radiation exposure—an even low-level radiofrequency exposure triggers the body to produce heat stress proteins, signaling to the body that your cells are in distress. The largest international study on mobile phone and cancer showed participants in the study who used cell phones for 10 years or more had doubled the rate of brain glioma, a type of tumor. Recent study shows that those who used mobile phones and cordless phones for more than 25 years were found to have a 300% greater risk of brain cancer than those who used cell phones and cordless phones for a year or less.

Children are at greatest risk – including while in utero both for parotid gland tumors and brain tumors. Children’s skulls and scalps are thinner, so the radiation can penetrate deeper into the brain of children and young adults. The radiation can be absorbed all the way into their midbrain, where tumors are more deadly. Aside from this, children’s cells reproduce more quickly, so they’re more susceptible to aggressive cell growth. According to Swedish Professor Lennart Hardell, those who begin using mobile phones heavily as teenagers have 4 to 5 times more brain cancer as young adults!

It is also wise for pregnant women to avoid cell phones as much as possible. Study found that exposure to mobile phones while in the womb, and also during childhood, were linked to behavioral problems. Using mobile phones two or three times a day during pregnancy could raise the risk of their babies developing hyperactivity and difficulties with conduct, emotions, and relationships by the time they reached school age.

Practice safe use of mobile phones to minimize the effects of radiation exposure now instead of later is timely and crucial. Here are simple ways to use your mobile phone radiation – and reduce your exposure to radiation:

  • Limit calls reserve it for emergency purposes only.
  • Use a speaker phone or air tube headset when calling.
  • Keep cell phones away from the body.
  • Alternate from one side of the head to the other when calling or answering the phone.
  • Text instead of calling.
  • Turn your cell phone off when not in use.
  • Do not use mobile phone when reception is poor.
  • Use a corded land line at home and at work.
  • Remove DECT cordless phones from bedrooms.
  • Children should always avoid using mobile phones.
  • Purchase mobile phone radiation safety accessories to protect you from exposure.