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📱 Times Now: oncologist calls phone-and-tower brain-cancer link 'a myth'
Times Now health coverage asks whether mobile phones or cell towers cause brain tumours, and answers that current evidence does not establish a link. Oncologist Sunny Jain of Marengo Asia Hospitals calls the claim "just a myth", noting that radiofrequency radiation is non-ionising and cannot directly damage DNA. The piece cites IARC's 2011 Group 2B "possibly carcinogenic" classification, the IARC-led COSMOS study of more than 250,000 users that found no higher brain-tumour risk in the heaviest callers, and WHO guidance that base-station exposure is normally far below limits. It still lists practical ways to reduce exposure, from speaker mode to avoiding calls on weak signal.
"So having your cell phone tower in your background/vicinity or maybe using a cell phone increases the chances of brain tumours. This is just a myth. This is not a fact"
— Times Now, quoting Dr. Sunny Jain, Clinical Director and Head, Medical Oncology, Marengo Asia Hospitals
"The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of WHO, classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” (Group 2B) in 2011. This classification reflected limited evidence at the time and meant that a potential association could not be ruled out - not that mobile phones were proven to cause cancer."
— Ashima Sharda Mahindra, Times Now
"A large IARC-led COSMOS study, involving more than 250,000 mobile phone users, found that people with the highest lifetime number of hours spent on mobile phone calls did not have a higher risk of brain tumours than lighter users."
— Ashima Sharda Mahindra, Times Now
"There is also a difference between “no proven risk” and “zero possible risk.” Science rarely establishes absolute certainty. The current evidence is reassuring but continued monitoring and research remain appropriate."
— Ashima Sharda Mahindra, Times Now
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