The study authors — including Michael Kundi, Ph.D., with the Center for Public Health at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria — said they found "clear evidence for induction of acute toxicity and disturbance of the cell cycle (cytokinesis) as a consequence of exposure" to radiofrequency (RF) radiation levels used by 3G smartphones.
"These processes may possibly lead to the formation of neoplastic cells," they wrote in their report, published in Environmental Research.
Malignant neoplasms are cancerous tumors, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
Kundi and his co-authors said their study — which used people, not mice — was the "first controlled human intervention trial concerning cytotoxic/genotoxic effects of mobile phone radiation."...<<<Read More>>>...