Cancer Linked To Cell Phone Use

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DENTAL NEWS:A report just recently commissioned by the Israeli Dental Association says the sharp rise of salivary gland cancer could be linked to the growing use of mobile or cell phones. The report focused on oral cavity cancer in Israel from 1970 to 2006 and said from 1980 to 2002, the number of sufferers of this kind of cancer were approximately 25 each year but the number rose dramatically to 70 cases each year more recently.

Researchers expressed concern over the increase of malignant growth in parotid glands, located under the ear, the report said. Salivary gland cancer was the third most common cancer of the 11,843 Israelis who suffer from oral cancer documented in the report Lip cancer and throat cancer were the most common forms of cancer, the report said.

DENTAL VIEWS: Relax... no one is saying you have to get rid of your cell phone just yet as this is only one study done in one country. However, you might consider reducing the number of hours you and/or your teenage children spend each day on the cell phone until more research is done on the subject.

"Better safe than sorry", as my mother used to say.