What does the American Academy of Pediatrics say?
Paul Fisher, MD, MHS, leads the American Academy of Pediatrics’ committee on neurology. He’s also an associate professor of neurology at Stanford University and the Beirne family medical director of the Center for Children’s Brain Tumors at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. The American Academy of Pediatrics doesn’t have an official stance on kids’ cell phone use, Fisher tells WebMD. “There is no established cancer risk in children from cell phones, nor in adults,” Fisher says. He notes that researchers from the largest study, which is ongoing in Scandinavia and other parts of Europe, and includes children as well as adults, “all agree there is really no compelling evidence there whatsoever that cell phones are associated with brain tumors or other tumors in children.” “We’re not seeing any increased risk, not seeing any association; we’re not seeing any new tumors; we’re not seeing any changes in tumor patterns” in the research, Fisher says. As for concerns about sal
