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WHO felt it was important to investigate, understand and monitor any potential public health impact of cell (mobile) phone use. Cell phones are now an integral part of daily communication and there were an estimated 4.6 billion subscriptions globally at the end of 2009. In some developing countries, the mobile phones are the only means of telecommunications.
WHO also mentioned that that no harmful health effects had been established yet. However, a team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, felt that there was enough evidence to conclude that mobile phone use can potentially cause cancer in humans.
Mobile phones communicate by transmitting radio waves through a network of fixed antennas called base stations. The type of radiation emitted by a cell phone is called non-ionizing. It is not like an X-ray. It is more like a microwave oven radiation and it can potentially cook your brain similar to what microwave oven does to food.
It is worth noting that many cell phones already come with some form of health warning from the manufacturer and advise consumers to keep their phones away from their body.
