Mobile phone use raises risk of mouth cancer

It’s no news that mobile phone use raises the risk of brain cancer and impotency. Now, add mouth cancer to the list. A team of international researchers have carried out a study and found that too much use of cell phones increases the chance of developing malignant mouth tumour, British newspaper The Daily Mail reported on Saturday. In fact, the researchers came to the conclusion after analysing the effects of mobile phone use on a group of people in Israel. The team compared the lifestyles of 402 people with benign mouth tumours and 56 having malignant ones with a control group of 1,266 people. Those who used mobiles the most were more likely than normal to develop parotid gland tumours. Those who used mobiles the most were more likely than normal to develop parotid gland tumours. In fact, five years of frequent use increased the chances of developing a tumour by around 50% compared with people who had never used one, the researchers found.

Courtesy:The Economic Times dated 16 december 2007