Cell Phone Use Increases Risk of Salivary Cancer

Another published medical study has shown an increase in cancer rates in people who frequently use cell phones, this study coming from Israel’s Chaim Sheba Medical Center.

The researchers found that people who used cell phone for 22 hours per month or longer had a 50% greater chance of developing salivary cancer. The risk was also greater than 50% for people who primarily use the same ear to listen on their phones and for people who do not live in urban areas, because the phone’s microwave signal is higher in remote location with less dense tower coverage.

The study was reported on by Haaretz, the largest media outlet in Israel, and was also reported on in other medical news outlets.

The researchers wrote that “Analysis restricted to regular users or to conditions that may yield higher levels of exposure showed consistently elevated risks.”

This study adds to the pile of research already on the books which links cell phone use to a variety of different cancers, including leukemia and brain tumors.

The study is, in our opinion, a conservative one, but it is good that has come from a well-established medical institution and the researchers are definite in their findings. Salivary cancer is a terrible cancer that is often known as mouth cancer. The salivary glands are responsible for producing saliva. There are three major sets of salivary glands and hundreds of smaller glands throughout the mouth and throat.

The Israeli research focused on cancers that formed in the parotid gland, which is the largest of the salivary glands. And guess where the parotid gland is located? You guessed it. Right under the ear at the back of the jaw, where most people hold their cell phones.