The Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (ACRBR) has published a paper which it says is designed to give accurate public information on mobile phone safety following the wide publicity given to two leading Australian neurosurgeons, whose media claims “may have misled audiences about this issue”.

The ACRBR, a Centre of Research Excellence of the National Health and Medical Research Council, said the claims of Drs Charlie Teo and Vini Khurana, which were broadcast Channel 9’s 60 Minutes and ABC’s Lateline, failed to present any new relevant material in the mobile phone health debate and many of their claims contradicted international expert findings.

Drs Teo and Khurana have claimed there has been an “exponential” increase in incidences of brain cancer, which they assert is linked to the use of mobile phones. Dr Khurana has claimed that mobile phone use is potentially more dangerous than either smoking or asbestos.

The ACRBR paper says about the Khurana, Teo et al claims published in a literature review in March:

‘…Many of the conclusions made in the paper contradict those made by international expert committees, without providing adequate reasons for rejecting the standard view. On the contrary, we believe that the standard view of science, which is that there is currently no evidence that mobile phones have any negative health effects (as espoused by such groups as the World Health Organisation; see above), is an accurate reflection of the literature to date.'

To see the paper on the ACRBR website: http://acrbr.org.au/FAQ.aspx