A just-released World Health Organization-backed study has found strong evidence linking cell phone radiation to cancer in laboratory animals.
What the review found
A group of the world’s top experts in the fields of electromagnetic radiation and veterinary medicine conducted a systemic review of years of experimental data. They determined with a high level of certainty that there are links between cell phone radiation and two types of cancer in laboratory animals. This is a significant development, as EHT founder Dr. Devra Davis points out, “Every agent that we know causes cancer in humans will produce it in laboratory animals when adequately tested.”
The new review, published in Environment International, was partially funded by the WHO’s radioprotection program. Two types of cancer displayed a marked increase in the animals tracked in the study, according to the authors.
“The findings of this systematic review indicate that there is evidence that RF EMF exposure increases the incidence of cancer in experimental animals, with the CoE (certainty of evidence) being strongest for malignant heart schwannomas (nerve tumors) and gliomas (brain tumors).”
The authors go on to conclude, “The results of this systematic review provide high or moderate CoE for several cancer sites relevant to cancer hazard identification for humans.”
Environmental Health Trust calls for action
“This welcome review by some of the world’s top independent experts in the field strengthens evidence that electromagnetic radiation that can be encountered from some of the billions of devices currently in operation today increases highly malignant, rare cancers in animals that have been tested following established protocols,” Dr. Davis said in response to the study’s findings. “Environmental Health Trust calls on the telecom industry to produce hardware and software to reduce exposures to microwave radiation from wireless radiating devices to the lowest possible levels.”
Read the full study, published in Environment International, which includes the background, methods, and in-depth details of every cancer tested for in the animals. EHT and its partner organizations are amplifying this information and pursuing better regulation of EMF levels to protect all living things from unnecessary levels of radiation. In the meantime, EHT encourages everyone to take simple precautions to reduce exposures by following advice on EHT’s website.