New Report Adds to Evidence That Cellphone Radiation May Cause Brain Cancer

October 24, 2024

Peer-reviewed studies showing a link between brain cancer and cellphone radiation are piling up — contradicting a recent World Health Organization (WHO)-led study that claimed there’s no evidence of a link.

South Korean researchers — who analyzed 24 studies and published their report on Oct. 10 in Environmental Health — found significantly higher risks for malignant brain tumors, meningiomaand glioma on the side of the head where cellphones were held.

They also found heavy, long-term cellphone use was linked to an increased risk of glioma.

The South Korean study brings the number of meta-analyses published since 2016 linking cellphone radiation to an increased risk of brain cancer to seven, wrote Joel Moskowitz, Ph.D., on his website.

Moskowitz — who directs the Center for Family and Community Health at the University of California, Berkeley — has conducted and disseminated research on wireless technology and public health since 2009.

“These seven peer-reviewed meta-analytic studies contradict the conclusion of the recent WHO systematic review,” he said.

“Seven studies is a lot and we anticipate more in the future,” Miriam Eckenfels-Garcia, director of Children’s Health Defense’s (CHD) Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) & Wireless program, told The Defender.

Eckenfels-Garcia said:

“We encourage the WHO to revise its stance, unlikely as this may be. It’s more likely that the WHOand other captured agencies will label non-industry friendly science as misinformation, even if this puts the public further in danger.”

Moskowitz said there’s evidence that the WHO picked industry-biased researchers to conduct its review.

Lennart Hardell, M.D., Ph.D., a leading scientist who found a link between cellphone use and gliomas, agreed. He told The Defender it was “striking” that the South Korean researchers reached a conclusion that directly contradicted the findings by the authors of the WHO study.

Hardell — an oncologist and epidemiologist with the Environment and Cancer Research Foundationwho has authored more than 350 papers, almost 60 of which address wireless radiation — said:

“The WHO study authors should be responsible for their fraudulent behavior violating human health and the environment. Their lack of ethical principles in science gives a ‘green card’ to roll out this technology — and the misinformed layman is the victim.”

Brain tumor rates on the rise in Denmark

The South Korean study was published on the heels of new health data from Denmark showing that central nervous system tumors — including brain tumors — are on the rise.

Denmark is known for its high-quality tracking of cancer cases. So it’s concerning when their data show a clear increase, Mona Nilsson, co-founder and director of the Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation, told The Defender.

The Danish Cancer Registry on Sept. 30 published a report on the number of new cancer cases in Denmark, Nilsson said. It shows that central nervous system tumors have been increasing among both men and women.

Nilsson compared Danish central nervous system cancer diagnosis rates since 1995. “The data show that tumors of the central nervous system, including brain tumors, are increasing and are among the cancers that have increased most rapidly over the past 10 years, between 2014 and 2023.”