We looked at the growth of thyroid cancers based on Swedish statistics. There is already some evidence that radiofrequency (RF) radiation is one co-factor in the increase of thyroid cancer and other thyroid-related health problems.
Our research paper:
Carlberg, M., Hedendahl, L., Ahonen, M., Koppel, T., & Hardell, L. (2016). Increasing incidence of thyroid cancer in the Nordic countries with main focus on Swedish data. BMC Cancer, 16(1), 426.
A specific risk-group is visible in statistics and the risk has increased especially from year 2005:
Picture: Joinpoint regression analysis, age-standardised incidence of thyroid cancer, women 20–39 years 1970–2013 (Carlberg et al., 2016, 4)
We also looked at how mobile phones have 'developed', where the antenna is and how RF radiation effects thyroid gland. Based on that the following picture was illustrated.
Smart phones have (commonly) antennas in the lower part of the mobile phone, close to thyroid gland.
CONCLUSIONS: We postulate that the whole increase (of thyroid cancer) cannot be attributed to better diagnostic procedures. Increasing exposure to ionizing radiation, e.g. medical computed tomography (CT) scans, and to RF-EMF (non-ionizing radiation) should be further studied. The design of our study does not permit conclusions regarding causality.
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