Sunday, June 14, 2009

Mobile Phone Ups Cancer Risk In Kids

According to a research conducted at University Hospital in Orebro, it was found that those kids or teens that use mobile phones have an increased chance of developing brain cancer. This study also emphasized on the fact that kids are five times more likely to suffer from this disease due to the more use of mobile.

In the research it was found that people who started using mobile before the age of 20 had more than five-fold increase in glioma. Glioma is a cancer of the glial cells which support the central nervous system.
It was also found that the risk increased more than four times higher, in case of using cordless phone in many homes. People who started using mobiles phone at the young age were five times more likely to suffer from acoustic neuromas.
According to the Professor Hardell, “This is a warning sign. It is very worrying. We should be taking precautions.”
The result also emphasized that the adults who used mobile phones for more than 10 years are more likely to get gliomas and acoustic neuromas.

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