Mobile phone use isn't linked with eye cancer

The latest edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute says mobile phone use isn't associated with the risk of melanoma of the eye (uveal melanoma). Researchers in Germany looked at the association between phone use and risk of uveal melanoma, finding no statistically significant association between mobile phone use of up to about 10 years and uveal melanoma risk. [Source: ScienceDaily.com]

US Cancer Institute warns against mobile phone use

Ronald Herberman, the director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, has said that
the electromagnetic fields generated by mobile phones should be considered a potential human health risk despite the lack of any conclusive data. [News release; full article (PDF)]

Mobile phone use linked to salivary gland tumours

Dr. Siegal Sadetzki, a physician, epidemiologist and lecturer at Tel Aviv University, has found a link between mobile phone usage and the development of tumours in the salivary gland. Her findings, which are published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, show that heavy mobile phone use increased the risk of developing a tumour by around 50%. The study investigated nearly 500 Israelis who had been diagnosed with tumours of the salivary gland and about 1,300 healthy control subjects. [Source: ScienceDaily.com]

Mobiles "don't increase tumour risk"

The BBC reports that research from Tokyo Women's Medical University appears to show no additional risk of brain tumours from using mobile phones. The study, which is reported in the British Journal of Cancer, looked at at total of 1005 people.