15 per cent of women carry their smartphone tucked into their bra: Is there an increased risk of breast cancer?

Melbourne: A new Monash University study that will inform cancer research has found that 15 per cent of women carry their smartphone tucked into their bra.  This is despite phone manufacturers warning customers not to store smartphones against their body.  The Monash study was published in the scientific research journal PLOS One.  Dr Mary Redmayne, an adjunct research fellow with Monash University’s School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, said people were exposed to considerably higher levels of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation by storing their smartphones next to their skin rather than in a bag or on a desk.  “Many studies have indicated an increased risk of brain tumours from extended mobile phone use. However, there have been no epidemiological studies regarding smartphone exposure and breast cancer.

Exposure of children to radiofrequency waves: ANSES launches a public consultation

ANSES: French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety launches a public consultation of its pre-final report on the assessment of health risks for children associated with exposure to radiofrequency waves. Radiofrequency waves have been a major topic of concern for health, the environment and society for several years in both France and abroad. This has led the Agency, in answer to requests from its supervisory ministries, to publish various opinions and collective expert assessment reports (in 2003, 2005 and 2009, and the most recent, in 2013). As early as 2003, ANSES recommended reinforcing research on the potential health effects of mobile telephone use by children. Due to use of wireless electronic devices at an early age, the prolonged duration of these individuals’ exposure once adults, and also the anatomical and physiological specificities of children (size, weight, sensitivity of developing organs and physiological functions), they must be considered as a particular vulnerable population group with regard to radiofrequency wave exposure.