(edit: its possibly not probably thanks to commenter below)
This has lead to anti vaxxer types believing smart electricity meters are out to kill them (no idea why low powered smart meters are the devil over other emmiting devices).
If you listen to International Agency for Research on Cancer every electronic device in your home, could kill you with cancer.
Furthermore, they said the evidence was "limited" for glioma caused by cell phone use (and thus the associated frequencies) and inadequate to draw conclusions for other types of cancers and other exposures.
It was a very measured statement that's been misrepresented.
"The WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B)"
Its based on one small discredited study that asked people WITH cancer to estimate their lifetime usage of mobile phones. According to that study we should have many times more brain cancers than we do have (rates have remained static since phones were introduced).
And yet because of that study they make a blanket statement about all RF. So a 1 milliwatt 20 hz transmitter gets the same classification as a 10 terrahert 500w transmitter and the magnetic field around a cable carrying AC.
Its insane fear mongering from people paid to fear monger, not do rational science.
Edit: all of a sudden my posts suddenly start getting loads of down votes. Really strange.
Here is the famous 1 Million women study that was completed after the IARC published their infamous press release:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23657200
"In this large prospective study, mobile phone use was not associated with increased incidence of glioma, meningioma or non-CNS cancers."
Still, as you say, the evidence was limited, which is exactly what the IARC said.
And they did not make a blanket statement for RF. They specifically and very clearly said the possible risk was cell phone use.
http://noxtak.com/documents/Carcinogenicity_of_radiofrequenc...
"The WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B)"
The largest study since then has been 1 million woman.
"In this large prospective study, mobile phone use was not associated with increased incidence of glioma, meningioma or non-CNS cancers."
> For acoustic neuroma, there was an increase in risk with long term use vs never use (10+ years: RR = 2.46, 95% CI = 1.07-5.64, P = 0.03), the risk increasing with duration of use (trend among users, P = 0.03).
And you quoted the IARC press release out of context. Immediately after the words you quote it says: "...based on an increased risk for glioma...associated with wireless phone use."
You are incorrect. Acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor ie. non-cancerous.
They drew what conclusions they could based on the evidence available at the time.
I apologize for getting worked up about this and I removed the offending line on a previous post.