Brain Tumors & Cell Phone Use

On September 17, 2007, The European Environmental Agency endorsed the findings of The BioInitiative Report and its urgent call for strengthening safety standards to protect public health. This endorsement follows closely on the German government's warning to citizens to avoid Wi-Fi networks in homes, schools and other public spaces. Link to the story from the Independent.

Two new studies report increased cancer risk from cell phone use: the French Interphone study (See Microwave News September 19 (www.microwavenews.com) and a study by Swedish researcher Lennart Hardell and colleagues published in the September issue of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

All of this research has been widely reported in the EU and UK media, including a lengthy story in the International Herald Tribune on September 23; however, mainstream U.S. media continue to ignore the science. Earlier this year, The Columbia Journalism Review took American print media to task for failing to report on research showing evidence of serious health effects, including brain tumors, from cell phone use.