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With over 260,000 participants, COSMOS is the largest prospective cohort study initiated specifically to investigate the health effects of mobile phone use.
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The MOBI-Kids study investigated the relationship between brain tumours and wireless phone use in a collaborative analysis of data from 14 countries. The results of the study suggest that the use of mobile or cordless phones does not increase the risk of brain tumours in adolescents.
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As early as 2002, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified low-frequency fields as potentially carcinogenic based on, among other research, two pooled studies that demonstrated a statistical relationship between childhood leukaemia and magnetic fields. In a new pooled study and meta-analysis Amoon et al. (2018) have analysed the pooled raw data from 11 case-control studies from 10 countries in order to investigate whether there is a relationship between childhood leukaemia and distance from the nearest power line and, if this is the case, whether this is due to the magnetic field or other factors.
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) has published the results of a long-term study in mice and rats designed to identify the possible hazards of high whole-body exposure to cell phone radio frequency radiation. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection presents the results and evaluates them.
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What are the environmental effects of connecting offshore wind farms by cable to the interconnected power grid? The Federal Office for Radiation Protection dealt with this question for the second time after 2005 in a technical statement in 2013.
The rapid increase in mobile telephone use has led to general concerns about possible detrimental health risks that may be related to the radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields generated by this technology. The INTERPHONE international case-control study on the risk of brain tumour incidence in relation to mobile telephone usage was initiated in 2000 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). It involved 49 scientists extensive epidemiological data and detailed information on mobile phone usage from 13 countries (Australia, Canada,Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway,Sweden and the UK).
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Epidemiological studies on the health consequences of mobile phone use mostly showed no association between mobile phone use and the risk of developing glioma, the most common type of brain tumour.
In terms of the number of animals involved, the Ramazzini study is the largest animal study ever conducted into whether lifelong exposure to weak mobile phone radiation from base stations has a carcinogenic effect on rats. The rats were subjected to whole-body exposure below and in the region of the limit values applicable to stationary mobile phone base stations in Germany.
For the Federal Office for Radiation Protection, the effects on the environment are also important in addition to possible health risks for humans. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection is frequently asked about the harmful effects of electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields from power lines or mobile communications on animals and plants.
According to the current state of scientific knowledge, there is no scientifically reliable evidence of a risk to animals and plants from high-frequency electromagnetic as well as low-frequency and static electric and magnetic fields below the limit values.
Neurodegenerative diseases are usually slowly progressive diseases of the nervous system with increasing loss of nerve cells, which often lead to dementia and/or movement disorders. Several epidemiological studies indicate that they occur more frequently with strong occupational exposure to low-frequency magnetic fields.
The rapid spread of mobile phones raises questions about possible adverse health effects, especially about cancer in the head (e.g. brain tumours, eye tumours, acoustic neuroma) as the exposure to electromagnetic fields in this area is the highest. Previous studies do not provide reliable evidence for an increased risk of cancer due to mobile phone use. However, the short observation periods (time between the first use of a mobile phone and potential tumour diagnoses) limit the conclusions that can be drawn from these studies.
