EPRI Comments on INTERPHONE: An International Study of Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumors
The INTERPHONE Study Group.  "Brain tumour risk in relation to mobile telephone use: results of the INTERPHONE international case-control study," International Journal of Epidemiology, 2010, 39(3):675-694.  INTERPHONE is an international case-control study initiated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer to investigate whether radio-frequency fields emitted by mobile phones increased risk of tumors of the brain, salivary gland, and acoustic nerve.  The present paper describes results of a 13-country study examining the possible relationship between mobile phone use and increased risk of brain tumors (glioma or meningioma).  EPRI evaluates the strengths and limitations of this study, whose authors conclude that, "Overall, no increase in risk of glioma or meningioma was observed with use of mobile phones.  There were suggestions of an increased risk of glioma at the highest exposure levels, but biases and error prevent a causal interpretation.  The possible effects of long-term heavy use of mobile phones require further investigation." The Comments (EPRI Product 1021368) are available on epri.com.  For more information, contact Gabor Mezei, (650) 855-8908, gmezei@epri.com.