Study: Mobile phones do not increase cancer risk 

The study examined possible links between the use of mobile phones and the occurrence of acoustic neuroma, a benign tumour of the nerve linking the ear to the brain. Since this nerve is most exposed to radiation from the mobile phone, it would also be most affected if there were a health risk from this radiation.

The scientists found a slightly higher number of patients to have the tumour on the ear they usually used for phone calls. But it found no linkage between either the number and duration of phone calls or even the cumulative time someone had spent on a mobile phone and the risk of suffering from an acoustic neuroma. 

The study was conducted by scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and published in the British Journal of Cancer. It used data from more than 4,200 people who had been using mobile phones for ten years or more - 678 of the subjects suffered from an acoustic neuroma. 

The study may have an impact on the Commission's thinking as to whether to propose additional legislation on the public's protection from possible health hazards arising from mobile telephony networks. Conclusions from the study may be drawn only for everyday mobile phone use for up to ten years. It did not deal with possible radiation risks from mobile network antennas.