Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

Cell phones are now part of our bodies. Today, 5 billion people have mobile phones. In other words, 61 percent of the people in the world have a mobile phone and the vast majority of them are "smart" phones. So, are these phones really harmless? With such a large economic market, is the research really reliable or unbiased?

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High-dose ionizing radiation can cause cancer by causing DNA damage when it touches the body. Gamma, X-rays and ultraviolet rays have this property. So they contain dangerous radiation.

This feature is present in some devices used in radiotherapy and radiology. Cell phones, microwave radio televisions carry non-ionizing energy. We have no evidence that such devices cause cancer. It is known that microwaves and mobile phones increase the temperature in the tissue they touch, but there is no evidence that it is harmful.

No evidence yet that they are harmful

Until 10 years ago, it was suggested in some studies that mobile phones triggered a type of tumor in the brain called brain tumors and acoustic neurinoma. However, in all studies conducted in recent years, no link has been found between mobile phones and cancer. In animal experiments conducted by the US National Toxicology Program, it was announced that mice exposed to high levels of cell phone waves did not increase the risk of cancer. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that after a total of 150 experiments on animals and humans between 2008 and 2019, it found no evidence that the mobile phone caused cancer.

In a study conducted in Denmark, the billing information from more than 358,000 mobile phone subscribers was compared with the number of brain tumors seen by the Danish Cancer Registry Agency.

As a result, no association was observed between mobile phone use and the incidence of brain tumors glioma, meningioma, or acoustic neuroma, even in people with 13 or more years of mobile phone subscribers. In the study conducted on 800 thousand women in the UK, no link was found between the use of mobile phones between brain tumors and other types of cancer.

Could the research have been manipulated?

Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is the idea that research can be manipulated in an area where such large amounts of money are at stake. However, considering that these studies were carried out by a large number of scientists, it can be predicted that this is not possible. Yes, indeed, cell phones and microwave ovens can be considered as innocent in the light of all this information. However, my suggestion is that one should still be careful.

Why should we be careful?

It should not be forgotten that; Despite the increasing cigarette consumption since the early 1900s, it was accepted for the first time in the 1940s that smoking caused cancer. Until then, smoking scientists had not given serious warnings. Many pesticides have been declared carcinogenic, especially after many years of use. When DDT (an insecticidal poisonous substance) was declared safe for many years, it was banned after many people had eaten products containing DDT.

Limit use in children

Personally, we currently do not know the effects of cell phones 30-40 years later. It is not possible to know what the use of mobile phones will lead to after many years, especially in children with thin skull bones. For these reasons, my personal suggestion; Especially for children, limiting the speaking time, keeping the device as far away from your body as possible, that is, talking to the speaker, and keeping the phone at least 30-40 cm away from your ear. Texting or communicating via the internet exposes less electromagnetic waves.

Choose to use headphones

The mobile phone should be used in places with “good reception” and conversations should be kept as short as possible. Considering that the device emits more radiation while connecting to different base stations during the journey, the phone should be far from the head. (Speakers or headphones should be used) It is useful to prefer to talk with headphones as much as possible in daily conversations.

Keep your cell phone outside of your room at night

Try to choose phones with low SAR values. If possible, keep your cell phone outside of your bedroom or turn it off at night.

The only place where cell phones are sure to be harmful is in-car use. Cell phones, which cause distraction while driving, seriously increase the accident rate. In recent studies, mobile phone use is responsible for 60 percent of traffic accidents.

To sum up; Use mobile phones sparingly and carefully in yourself and especially with your children so as not to say "I wish" in the future.