Insanely related: Do mobile phones have anything to do with cancer?
I was just sent THIS article, which claims that a new study does show a link between brain cancer and cell phones:
This new study has been published in the International Journal of Oncology. They concluded that there was a significantly increased risk for glioma from the long-term use of a mobile or cordless phone.
The risk increased with latency time and cumulative use in hours and was highest in subjects with first use before the age of 20 - in this group there was almost 5 times the risk after 10 years mobile phone use.
The abstract for the referenced study, published in May 2011, is HERE, and features this quote:
In conclusion, an increased risk was found for glioma and use of mobile or cordless phone. The risk increased with latency time and cumulative use in hours and was highest in subjects with first use before the age of 20.
Now, I realize that the related post clearly has an answer citing THIS study which found no correlation. This new study, however, is five years more recent and is a peer reviewed article concluding that there is a correlation.
Thus, I saw value in a question for this new evidence, and I'm specifically looking for answers to these questions:
- Does this new paper bring legitimate, solid new evidence to the table on this issue?
- If it does bring evidence forward, can someone explain exactly what the implications are? As in, perhaps it is similar to the answer in the original question on cell phones/cancer in which it was pointed out that the WHO's rating of cell phones as a 2B carcinogen was nothing to be concerned about after all.
- If it does not, is anyone able to explain why by critiquing the methodology or some other flaw in the study (or perhaps this has been done elsewhere already)?
