The World Health Organization found there is no link between brain and head cancer from use of mobile phones or being situated close to mobile towers.
The review was led by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency which examined 5,000 studies, and analysed 63 observational studies published between 1994 and 2022.
In the systematic review, researchers stated radiofrequency and electromagnetic field exposure to the head from mobile phone use "likely does not increase the risk” of several types of cancers in the brain, ears, meninges and pituitary gland in adults and children.
The work assessed the effects of RF not only in mobile phones but other consumer goods such as televisions and baby monitors.
The use of mobile phones have surged since launching over 40 years ago to ubiquitous status in developed countries, and rising in developing nations.
Ken Karipidis, who is an Associate Director at the agency and lead author of the review, told ABC News that brain tumour rates between males and females in Australia have remained quite stable since mobile phones were launched in the 1980s.
Karipidis said there is no association with using mobiles for longer than 10 years, or amount of time spent on phones. The review also studied exposure from mobile and broadcast TV towers and found there was no link to the development of cancer.
In 2011, the WHO and other health bodies classified radio wave exposure as a possible carcinogen to people, leading to concern and more studies.
