Chapter 18, Problem 4AWK

Summary Introduction

To review:

The reason as to why the issue that cell phones cause brain cancer is difficult to resolve with respect to the scientific point of view.

Introduction:

Cancer is caused by a variety of factors, which causes mutations making normal genes oncogenic, which starts dividing abnormally leading to tumor formation. Of all the cancers, brain cancer is considered one of the serious as it is difficult to treat. Cell phones causing brain cancer is one of the major trivia these days. Radio frequency emitted by cell phones is not considered to be carcinogenic as no scientific studies are yet available. There are uncertainties with respect to long-term exposure to radio frequency.