No link between mobile phones and brain cancer, WHO-backed study says

FILE PHOTO: A woman uses her mobile phone while holding a placard reading " STOP 5G" during a protest against 5G technology, in Bucharest, Romania, January 25, 2020. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -There is no link between mobile phone use and an increased risk of brain cancer, according to a new World Health Organization-commissioned review of available published evidence worldwide.

Despite the huge rise in the use of wireless technology, there has not been a corresponding increase in the incidence of brain cancers, the review, published on Tuesday, found. That applies even to people who make long phone calls or those who have used mobile phones for more than a decade.