Incidence of glioblastoma brain tumor increased tenfold between 1985 and 2015 in the U.K.
The incidence of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most virulent and deadly type of brain cancer, is going up in the U.K., while the incidence of other types of malignant brain tumors is declining, according to newly published data. Source of figures: Frank de Vocht, "Corrigendum," Environment International, posted January 25, 2017 Alasdair Philips from PowerWatch: “The simple take-home message of the two plots is that the number of the most aggressive type of brain tumors [GBM] is going up and the other types of lower-grade malignant glioma are going...Re-analysis by Hardell of Interphone Study on cancer, brain tumors from mobile phone use
In a new analysis of the Interphone Study data, Dr. Hardell found that people who have talked on their mobile phone for more than 1,640 hours in their life, run a 2.8 higher risk of cancer (glioma, a type of brain tumor) than non mobile users. Lennart Hardell blog, 19th December 2016
WHO classifies electromagnetic fields as potentially carcinogenic
On 31 May 2011, after a week of meetings by 31 scientists from 14 different countries, the IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer), a division of the World Health Organisation WHO, announced in a press release that it will classify high-frequency electromagnetic fields (used by mobile telephony) in group 2b: 'possibly carcinogenic'. It does so mainly on the basis of Interphone and Hardell's research into brain tumours: glioma and auditory nerve tumours. In 2008, 237,913 new cases of brain tumours were recorded worldwide (2/3 of which concerned malignant gliomas). With this IARC statement, the WHO is leaving the...
