The World Health Organization announced today that cell phones pose a significant risk of causing cancer.
Cell phones are now labeled under “carcinogenic hazard,” just like lead and chloroform.
You can download the full WHO report below.
Since cell phones are a relatively new technology, the study warns it could take years before the long-term effects are truly known.
From the announcement:
…one study of past cell phone use (up to the year 2004), showed a 40% increased risk for gliomas in the highest category of heavy users (reported average: 30 minutes per day over a 10?year period).
Those results, among others analyzed by WHO, were enough to earn cell phones a “2b classification,” meaning there is some risk for cancer.
Written by Steve Kovach, and originally published in Business Insider.com, May 31, 2011.
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