science/ tech

TOPIC: CELL PHONE RADIATION — USE POWERPOINT

Thesis Statement- For a long time now, people have been questioning whether the radiation
emitted from a cell phone is harmful to human beings in the sense of whether it causes cancer or
not. Numerous research studies have indeed cleared this out and indicated that the belief that
cellphone radiation causes cancer is just a myth and nothing more.
National Cancer Institute. (2022, Mar 10). Cell phones and cancer risk. Retrieved
15, Oct 2022 from https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causesprevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet
The usage of mobile phones has become increasingly experienced in the world, mostly
owing to the development of fun and relatable social media platforms. However, with this
increased usage of cell phones, an increased worry about the harm that they bring about; health
concerns, such as cancer, is experienced. This source is vital since it informs the reader that the
radiation emitted by phones is considerably low, and as such, it does not pose any serious harm,
such as causing a change in the DNA of individuals, which could consequently lead to the
development of cancer.
Inskip, P. D., Hoover, R. N., & Devesa, S. S. (2010). Brain cancer incidence trends in
relation to cellular telephone use in the United States. Neuro-oncology,
12(11), 1147-1151.
Inskip, Hoover, and Devesa (2010) conducted an experiment to check whether there was
any relationship between the increased usage of telephones and brain cancer in the United States
phone users. The reason why this source is important is that it supports the thesis statement that
brain cancer, or any other type of cancer, does not develop from the increased usage of cell
phones. After performing the experiment, the authors highlighted that there were no increases in
cerebellum cancers, nor did the temporal lobe cancers increase after participants were exposed to
high telephone usage.
Karipidis, K., Elwood, M., Benke, G., Sanagou, M., Tjong, L., & Croft, R. J. (2018).
Mobile phone use and incidence of brain tumor histological types, grading or
anatomical location: a population-based ecological study. BMJ open, 8(12),
e024489.
Following the myth that cell phones have been linked to causing various brain tumors,
the authors of this article set up their experiment to confirm this notion. The reason why this
article is important is that it illustrates beyond doubt that cell phones, as opposed to local beliefs,
are actually in no way related to causing different brain tumors. This notion is evidenced by the
fact that, after conducting the same experiment across three periods, the authors noted that there
was no increase experienced in relation to glioma brain cancer, which is one of the alleged brain
tumors caused by extended cell phone usage.
Grell, K., Frederiksen, K., Schüz, J., Cardis, E., Armstrong, B., Siemiatycki, J., … &
Andersen, P. K. (2016). The intracranial distribution of gliomas in relation to
exposure from mobile phones: analyses from the INTERPHONE study.
American journal of epidemiology, 1-11.
For any research article’s results to be dependable, the results produced have to be
reliable. To prove that it was reliable, this research included participants from different nations
so as to account for the different rates at which people’s brains absorb radiation. The reason why
this article is important is that it conducts research across different nations in order to dissuade
the myth of cell phone radiation being linked to cancer. Upon completing the different sets of
experiments, Grell et al. (2016) noted that glioma cancer, as well as any other brain cancers
associated with cell phones, had no direct relationship, thus arriving at the conclusion that cell
phones, indeed, do not cause brain cancer.
References
Grell, K., Frederiksen, K., Schüz, J., Cardis, E., Armstrong, B., Siemiatycki, J., … &
Andersen, P. K. (2016). The intracranial distribution of gliomas in relation to
exposure from mobile phones: analyses from the INTERPHONE study. American
journal of epidemiology, 1-11.
Inskip, P. D., Hoover, R. N., & Devesa, S. S. (2010). Brain cancer incidence trends in
relation to cellular telephone use in the United States. Neuro-oncology, 12(11),
1147-1151.
Karipidis, K., Elwood, M., Benke, G., Sanagou, M., Tjong, L., & Croft, R. J. (2018).
Mobile phone use and incidence of brain tumour histological types, grading or
anatomical location: a population-based ecological study. BMJ open, 8(12),
e024489.
National Cancer Institute. (2022, Mar 10). Cell phones and cancer risk. Retrieved 15, Oct
2022 from https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causesprevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet
Thesis: A long-standing debate has centered on whether or not cell phone radiation is
carcinogenic to humans. Numerous studies have dispelled this misconception and shown no link
between cellphone radiation and cancer.
1. People have become more dependent on cell phones as these devices’ capabilities have
increased.
A. Because of the increased usage of cell phones, people have become increasingly
exposed to radiation from these phones. However, a study by the National Cancer
Institute (2022) reveals that exposure to cell phone radiation does not cause
cancer.
B. The radiation produced by cell phones is so low that there are no chances it could
cause cancer.
C. Inskip, Hoover, and Devesa (2010) also found out that increased exposure to cell
phones does not create any conditions that would result in a person getting cancer.
D. Continued cell phone use has disastrous effects on people who use them, but there
is no indication that one of these disasters is cancer.
2. Increased exposure to cell phone radiation may lead to psychological issues, a factor that
has fueled many myths claiming that cell phone radiation causes cancer.
A. People tend to believe in the myth that cell phones cause radiation because of the
psychological and mental effects of continued exposure to cell phone radiation.
B. Various experiments have been conducted to dispel the myth that cell phone
radiation causes cancer. These experiments were necessitated by the growing
number of people who believed that cell phones cause cancer (Karipidis et al.,
2018).
C. The results of several trials conducted by Grell et al. (2016) showed that glioma
and other types of brain cancer were not directly linked to cell phones, leading the
researchers to conclude that cell phones do not cause brain cancer.
D. Studies done to dispel the myth are important because the conversation can be
focused on other equally important issues.
References
Grell, K., Frederiksen, K., Schüz, J., Cardis, E., Armstrong, B., Siemiatycki, J., … &
Andersen, P. K. (2016). The intracranial distribution of gliomas in relation to
exposure from mobile phones: analyses from the INTERPHONE study. American
journal of epidemiology, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kww082
Inskip, P. D., Hoover, R. N., &Devesa, S. S. (2010). Brain cancer incidence trends in
relation to cellular telephone use in the United States. Neuro-oncology, 12(11),
1147-1151. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noq077
Karipidis, K., Elwood, M., Benke, G., Sanagou, M., Tjong, L., & Croft, R. J. (2018).
Mobile phone use and incidence of brain tumour histological types, grading or
anatomical location: a population-based ecological study. BMJ open, 8(12),
e024489. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024489
National Cancer Institute. (2022, March 10). Cell phones and cancer risk. Retrieved
October 15, 2022, from https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causesprevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet
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