Overuse of smartphones can have a variety of side effects — but is brain cancer one of them?
“Cell phones are ubiquitous, and concern about the radiation they emit can cause fear of brain tumor formation,” said Dr. Paul Saphier, M.D., a neurosurgeon and founder of Coaxial Neurosurgical Specialists in New Jersey.
Saphier addressed these concerns in a conversation with Fox News Digital.
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The radiation emitted from cellphones is “within the radiofrequency region of the electromagnetic spectrum,” Saphier said, hitting as high as 80 gigahertz (GHz) for 5G.
A neurosurgeon (not pictured) addressed concerns about smartphones and cancer risk in a conversation with Fox News Digital. (iStock)
“This is … low frequency and low energy,” the doctor said. “Essentially, not enough energy to cause damage to the cells’ DNA.”
Cancers occur when “for one reason or another,” the cells’ DNA is damaged and causes the cells to start multiplying, according…