Assistant Director, Health Impact Assessment, ARPANSA and Adjunct Associate Professor (Practice), School of Public Health and Preventive Medici

Mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer, according to a major review of 28 years of research

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2024-09-03 23:30:15

Assistant Director, Health Impact Assessment, ARPANSA and Adjunct Associate Professor (Practice), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Sarah Loughran receives funding from The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC). She is the Director of Radiation Research and Advice at the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), a member of the Scientific Expert Group at the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), and a member of the World Health Organisation Task Group on Radiofrequency Fields and Health Risks.

Ken Karipidis is the Assistant Director of Health Impact Assessment at the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency and he is also the Vice Chair of the International Commission of Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection.

A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World Health Organization and is published today in the journal Environment International.