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Cellphone Use May Be Linked to Cancer, Finds WHO Panel [1]

Mobile phones may cause brain cancer in humans, a World Health Organisation agency said, citing a review of studies. Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from handsets is greater than that from phone towers and base stations, Robert Baan, the senior scientist in charge of the International Agency for Research on Cancer report on the subject, said on a conference call with reporters.

Publication Date: 
02/06/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
WHO [3], Health Effects [4], Brain Cancer [5], Telecommunication [6]
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