Mobile Phone-Brain Tumour Public Health Advisory (Home Page)

November 25, 2009 (INDEPENDENT STUDIES ON MOBILE PHONE-BRAIN TUMOUR RISK):

• Dr Lennart Hardell (Sweden) first reported the link between mobile (and home cordless) phone usage and brain tumours. In the last 18 months, four independent groups of researchers have published peer-reviewed papers which support the conclusion that prolonged usage of mobile phones increases the risk of the user developing a brain tumour. The four groups confirming this are: Peter Kan et al. [USA] in Journal of Neurooncology (2008); Vini Khurana et al. [Australia, Austria & Sweden] in Surgical Neurology (2009); Yueh-Ying Han et al. [USA] in Surgical Neurology (2009); and Seung-Kwon Myung et al. [Korea & USA] in Journal of Clinical Oncology (2009). The 13-nation INTERPHONE study results are expected in the near future. INTERPHONE is substantially funded by the Telecommunications Industry.

July 30, 2009 (TODAYTONIGHT FEATURES DR KHURANA's CONCERNS REGARDING BRAIN TUMOUR INCIDENCE):

• Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) can cause cancer. Mobile phones are EMR transmitters that you and your kids are holding up to the head for hours a day, day after day...An unprecedented global human "experiment" when you see things from the front line, with eyes wide open. CLICK HERE for a 5 minute episode you might like to view (9.5 Mb wmv/movie file; footage courtesy TodayTonight's Producer Frank Pangallo - Channel 7 Australia).

April 2009 (LATELINE & 60 MINUTES FEATURE THE OPINIONS OF DR KHURANA & COLLEAGUES):

• Investigative Journalist Ticky Fullerton's comprehensive report on the cell phone-brain tumour debate. CLICK HERE for footage (courtesy Lateline - ABC/Australia) or HERE for a fulltext PDF of that program. Notably, a financial conflict of interest at the Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (ACRBR) is exposed by Ticky Fullerton. The peer-reviewed article by Khurana & colleagues referred to in the Lateline report can be accessed below.
• 60 Minutes Australia features the stories of two heavy long-term users of mobile phones with malignant brain tumours (interviews with neurosurgeons Dr Charles Teo and Dr Vini Khurana). CLICK HERE for the Webpage.

March 2009 (CELL PHONES & BRAIN TUMOURS - KEY JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS OF DR KHURANA & COLEAGUES):

• A peer-reviewed article by Dr Khurana & colleagues on CELL PHONES & BRAIN TUMORS has been published in Surgical Neurology
  • Key finding: Using a cell phone regularly for 10 or more years DOUBLES the risk of the user developing a brain tumor on the same side of the head as that preferred for cell phone usage.

"The authors have provided the most comprehensive study and analysis to date of this topic, which, until the last year or so, has remained controversial—most studies denying a relation between cell phone use and a risk of brain tumor development."
- Comment by Dr R. PAWL, USA, Neurosurgeon & Section Editor of Surgical Neurology

• For the "in press" PDF of this article by V.G. KHURANA (Neurosurgeon, Australia), C. TEO (Neurosurgeon, Australia), M. KUNDI (Epidemiologist, Vienna), L. HARDELL (Oncologist & Epidemiologist, Sweden), and M. CARLBERG (Statistician, Sweden), CLICK HERE (PDF: 350K). For the published PDF of this article, CLICK HERE (to purchase from Publisher)

[Although the precise mechanism linking cell phones to cancer remains unknown, the celebrated journal Science has acknowledged that several international studies have shown that cell-phone-like "non-ionizing" radiation can (contrary to expectations) lead to DNA damage. Read Dr Khurana's letter & response in Science by CLICKING HERE].