Link the use of the cell phone and cancer

Mobile phones have become an indispensable part of our lives. Through a myriad of mobile applications, smartphones have become the only platform on which we execute major aspects of our daily lives. Globally, more than 5 billion people have access to cell phones. In the United States alone, subscriptions to mobile phones have reached nearly 400 million. Their need in our lives has made us forget the claims that their extensive use could be detrimental to our health. For example, does the radiation of mobile phones really increase our chances of getting cancer?

The question has, indeed, puzzled the dedicated researchers on the subject, who have so far lacked conclusive evidence while searching for the link. However, a recent study published on March 28, 1965, by the US National Toxicology Program (NTP) found "clear evidence" that mobile phone radiation is causing cancer. The results were based on an experiment conducted on mice and rats, which were exposed to radiation doses equivalent to the lifetime exposure of an average mobile user over a two-year period. At the end of the experiment, it was discovered that several rats had been diagnosed with cardiac tissue cancer too rare to be explained as a random event.

The experiments conducted as part of the study were an update of a previous study. which exposed the rats to higher radiation levels for 9 hours a day. The study, conducted two years earlier, did not provide any significant evidence that cell phone use was directly related to cancer, as the results could be set aside as "cancer". statistical objects.

The results of the current study, however, contradict biological knowledge about the radiation of cell phones, something that the wireless industry has hung on. Mobile phone towers use a form of "non-ionizing" radio waves, which means that they do not have enough energy to break the electrons of their atom and turn them into ions. Ultraviolet light and X-rays have such power and are known to cause cancer. Another rebuttal generally uses them include the idea that evidence of the occurrence of tumors in rats and mice does not translate into their effects on humans. Studies have shown, however, that they are good indicators of risks to human health.

However, the peer reviewers of the study found that the NTP had downplayed the results of the findings, giving more confidence to the end result. This could be due to continued pressure from the communications industry, which has a history of misleading public relations campaigns that influence journalists, consumers and policy makers. Just as the tobacco and petroleum industries have minimized the risks of smoking and climate change, the wireless industry could have influenced scientists to downplay the results of their discoveries.

How do the results of the NTP study go against conventional wisdom? regarding the radiation of the cell phone? That's the question to be answered if we have a chance to end this claim once and for all. 95% of children in the United States between the ages of 13 and 17 have access to smartphones. It is imperative for the health of these children that a solid scientific conclusion is not tainted by the greed of the wireless industry companies.