{"id":312838,"date":"2017-04-21T15:41:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=312838"},"modified":"2017-04-21T15:41:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:41:43","slug":"brain-tumour-charity-cautious-about-italy-mobile-phone-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/brain-tumour-charity-cautious-about-italy-mobile-phone-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Tumour Charity cautious about Italy mobile phone ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Brain Tumour Charity has said there is insufficient scientific evidence linking mobile phone use with brain tumours, following a court ruling.<\/p>\n
The Italian court, in Ivrea, agreed that a man’s brain tumour was linked to his mobile phone use.<\/p>\n
It awarded Robert Romero 500 euros (\u00a3418\/$535) a month in compensation.<\/p>\n
He had claimed that using his business mobile phone for three or four hours a day, over a period of 15 years, led to the growth of the benign tumour.<\/p>\n
The money will be paid by a body established to compensate people for work-based injuries.<\/p>\n
There could yet be an appeal against the ruling.<\/p>\n
“We know that many people are concerned about a possible connection between mobile phone use and the development of brain tumours,” said Dr David Jenkinson, chief scientific officer for the Brain Tumour Charity.<\/p>\n
“However, the global research projects that have been conducted so far, involving hundreds of thousands of people, have found insufficient evidence that using a mobile phone increases the risk of developing a brain tumour.”<\/p>\n
The decision of the court did not change the evidence, he added.<\/p>\n
“Of course, it is right that researchers continue to explore whether any such link exists,” said Dr Jenkinson.<\/p>\n
Mr Romero, whose profession was not reported, said he wanted people to be more aware about mobile phone use but did not want to “demonise” the devices.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Brain Tumour Charity has said there is insufficient scientific evidence linking mobile phone use with brain tumours, following a court ruling. The Italian court, in Ivrea, agreed that a man’s brain tumour was linked to his mobile phone use. It awarded Robert Romero 500 euros (\u00a3418\/$535) a month in compensation. He had claimed that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n