September 12, 2007

experts respond to MHTR report published today

The report from the Mobile Health and Telecommunications Research group into the possible health risks of mobile phones found no link between short-term mobile phone use and cancer.

Dr. Paddy Regan, Reader in Physics University of Surrey, said:

“The conclusions from the Challis report on Mobile Telecommunications and Health research (which found no epidemiological link between short-term mobile phone use and cancers of the brain and nervous system or indeed any biological or adverse health affects resulting from RF exposure from mobile phones) will certainly help to allay some of the fears which have been raised recently with regards to short-term mobile phone and wifi useage. This is an excellent example of a useful, in-depth study which relies on ‘hard science’ and statistically significant epidemiological studies, rather than the use of ‘anecdotal evidence’. The latter can not be relied upon to provide any scientifically meaningful conclusion. More research is needed on the potential effects of longer term exposure (as the report points out), but the report helps put such potential ‘dangers’ into their correct context, which is that short-term mobile phone usage does not have any proven adverse health affects to the population at large.”