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BY ANTHONY MARTINEZ

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A new Danish study reveals the latest on cell phone use and brain cancer—and there doesn’t seem to be a link. ABC local has a look at the study’s design.

“Danish researchers looked at nearly 36,000 adults who had a cell phone before 1995. They compared the rates of brain tumors of people who used a phone to those who did not have cell phones between 1990 and 2007. The report found no harmful effects.”

And BBC reports the study didn’t find any significant difference in rates of brain or central nervous system cancers among those who had cell phones and those that did not.

“Of the 358,403 mobile phone owners looked at, 356 gliomas (a type of brain cancer) and 846 cancers of the central nervous system were seen - both in line with incidence rates among those who did not own a mobile.”

The study reinforced the fact that even with increased cell phone use in the past decade, cancer rates have not risen, and according to Time, there’s an explanation as to why? 

“...the radiation produced by cell phones cannot directly damage DNA and is different from stronger types of radiation like X-rays or ultraviolet light. At very high levels, radio frequency waves from cell phones can heat up body tissue, but that is not believed to damage human cells.”

So for now, it’s okay to keep checking your voicemail, and just to be safe, CBS news offers some tips in making your calls—long-lasting.

Carolyn Brockington (Neurologist): “Right, I mean, you want to limit the exposure right close to the head. So, as much as you can do that. The other thing is to look for phones that have decreased radiation frequency, in terms of emitting lower radio frequencies over time. And then maybe talk to people more face-to-face.”
Reporter(s): “There’s a novel concept. No, we can’t possibly do that.”