Health, Safety and Environment

Report on Mobile Phone Research into Possible Health Risks Published

13 September 2007

Mobile phones have not been found to be associated with any biological or adverse health effects according to the UK’s largest investigation into the possible health risks from mobile telephone technology. The Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) Programme has published their conclusions as part of its 2007 Report.

The six year research programme has found no association between short term mobile phone use and brain cancer.

The research included studies of electrical hypersensitivity and found no evidence that the unpleasant symptoms experienced by sufferers are the result of exposure to signals from mobile phones or base stations. The situation for longer term exposure is less clear as studies have so far only included a limited number of participants who have used their phones for 10 years or more.

The MTHR Programme investigated whether mobile phones might affect cells and tissue beyond simply heating them but results so far show no evidence for this.

The research programme has also funded some basic measurements of radio signals from microcell and picocell base stations such as those found in airports, railway stations and shopping malls. These have shown that exposures are well below international guidelines.

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