• 07
  Oct
  2011

• Canada Issues Warning To Its Citizens about Use of Mobile Phone To Prevent Cancer

  
  Filed Under: Blogging
  Author: YourGuy

Is it really possible to get cancer from using the mobile phones? This appears to be the stance of Health Canada as they release guidelines to its citizens to help safeguard against possible cancer problems. They did this in spite of no verifiable data that using a cell phone can cause cancer to develop. What influence, if any, will advice this have on global health insurance? Is it possible that international health insurance could become more expensive for heavy mobile phone users?

Health Canada has stressed that heavy mobile phone users and children are at risk much more than adults because they are more sensitive.  They also based their warning on a report released in May by WHO about possible carcinogens from exposure to radio frequency and electromagnetic fields. This exposure could result in a form of brain cancer known as Glioma.

Their efforts to warn are more preventive since they admit that conclusive data has yet to be established even if there are cases linking heavy users to brain cancer. They said in a press conference, “There are a small number of epidemiology studies that have shown brain cancer rates might be elevated in long term/heavy cell phone users. Other epidemiology studies on cell phone users, laboratory studies and animal cancer studies have not supported this association.” In short, it’s possible which is why they are being cautious as well. Furthermore, these are just guidelines to reduce use until new data is expected to be released in 2012.

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