Zweden: Mobiel bellen, 4x meer kans op hersenkanker

Bron: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928468013000035 en
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23664410/
7 mei 2013

Pathophysiology
. 2013 Apr;20(2):123-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2013.03.001. Epub 2013 May 7.

Swedish review strengthens grounds for concluding that radiation from cellular and cordless phones is a probable human carcinogen

Devra Lee Davis a, Santosh Kesari b, Colin L. Soskolnec d, Anthony B. Miller e, Yael Steinf g,
a Environmental Health Trust, P.O. Box 58, Teton Village, WY 83025, USA
b University of California San Diego, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, USA
c Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-266 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada
d Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Australia
e Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada
f Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
g Clinical Research Associate in Environmental and Social Epidemiology, WHO Collaborating Center for Capacity Building Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathophys.2013.03.001, How to Cite or Link Using DOI

Abstract

With 5.9 billion reported users, mobile phones constitute a new, ubiquitous and rapidly growing exposure worldwide. Mobile phones are two-way microwave radios that also emit low levels of electromagnetic radiation. Inconsistent results have been published on potential risks of brain tumors tied with mobile phone use as a result of important methodological differences in study design and statistical power. Some studies have examined mobile phone users for periods of time that are too short to detect an increased risk of brain cancer, while others have misclassified exposures by placing those with exposures to microwave radiation from cordless phones in the control group, or failing to attribute such exposures in the cases. In 2011, the World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) advised that electromagnetic radiation from mobile phone and other wireless devices constitutes a “possible human carcinogen,” 2B. Recent analyses not considered in the IARC review that take into account these methodological shortcomings from a number of authors find that brain tumor risk is significantly elevated for those who have used mobile phones for at least a decade. Studies carried out in Sweden indicate that those who begin using either cordless or mobile phones regularly before age 20 have greater than a fourfold increased risk of ipsilateral glioma. Given that treatment for a single case of brain cancer can cost between $100,000 for radiation therapy alone and up to $1 million depending on drug costs, resources to address this illness are already in short supply and not universally available in either developing or developed countries. Significant additional shortages in oncology services are expected at the current growth of cancer. No other environmental carcinogen has produced evidence of an increased risk in just one decade. Empirical data have shown a difference in the dielectric properties of tissues as a function of age, mostly due to the higher water content in children's tissues. High resolution computerized models based on human imaging data suggest that children are indeed more susceptible to the effects of EMF exposure at microwave frequencies. If the increased brain cancer risk found in young users in these recent studies does apply at the global level, the gap between supply and demand for oncology services will continue to widen. Many nations, phone manufacturers, and expert groups, advise prevention in light of these concerns by taking the simple precaution of “distance” to minimize exposures to the brain and body. We note than brain cancer is the proverbial “tip of the iceberg”; the rest of the body is also showing effects other than cancers.

Keywords
Brain cancer; Mobile phone; Non-ionizing radiation; Microwave radiation; Epidemiology; Case–control; Misclassification; Precautionary advice; WHO; IARC; Human carcinogen; 2A; 2B; Acoustic neuroma; Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Acute myelogenous leukemia lymphoid leukemia; Supply of oncologists; Health services

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23664410 .



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