The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has claimed that the World Health Organisation's research has not concluded that the radio frequency electromagnetic field is a cause for cancer. In its latest report, the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) warned that radiation from Mobile Phone handsets can cause cancer. “It is significant that the IARC has concluded that radio frequency electromagnetic fields are neither a definite nor probable human...

As hazardous as lead, engine exhaust, chloroform Type of radiation a mobile emits is like very low-powered microwave oven Use texting and free-hands devices to reduce risk Confirming the worst fears of Mobile Phone users, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that radiation from cellphones is possibly cancerous. It has classified the radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as “possibly carcinogenic to humans, based on an increased risk for glioma – a malignant type of...

-The Telegraph   A World Health Organisation panel’s decision to tag Mobile Phone radiation as “possibly carcinogenic” has set off one of the most intense debates involving an everyday device that touches the lives of 5 billion people worldwide. The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified electromagnetic radiation in the category of agents such as lead, styrene, even coffee, for which there is limited evidence of carcinogenicity in...

-PTI   Heavy use of Mobile Phones and other wireless communication devices could possibly cause cancer, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said and asked people to use texting and free-hands devices to reduce the risk. The electromagnetic fields generated by such devices are “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced at the end of an eight-day meeting yesterday in Lyon, France. A group of 31 experts...

-Reuters   Using a Mobile Phone may increase the risk of certain types of brain cancer in humans and consumers should consider ways of reducing their exposure, World Health Organisation (WHO) cancer experts said today. A working group of 31 scientists from 14 countries meeting at the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said a review of all the available scientific evidence suggested cell phone use should be classified as...