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OMS Alert: Cell phones cause cancer

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World Health Organization has warned that mobile phones can cause cancer and advised users to use their limited time to use hands-free devices or to send messages instead of ringing.

It is the first time the World Health Organization found a link between mobile phone use and cancer, shortly after another research showed that mobile phone use for 30 minutes a day increases the risk of brain cancer by 40 percent, writes dailymail.co.uk.

Companies in the mobile phone industry have reacted immediately and said that was not clear that the devices cause cancer.

Director International Agency for Research on Cancer of the WHO, Christipher Wild, said that given the potential consequences for human health, it is important that research on mobile phone use to continue long term.

"It is important to take measures to reduce exposure, such as using hands-free site and sending SMS", said Christipher Wild.

The conclusion of the International Agency for Research on Cancer has come after a week of research of all available scientific evidence, by 21 researchers from 14 countries. The group concluded that mobile phone use is "likely carcinogen", but less than smoking or sun exposure.

Some researchers say the discovery has gaps and advise people not to be worried, but others warn of risks.

"It is surprising that the risk of brain tumors increases if you hold a cell phone and hold your ears?" says Denis Henshaw, an expert in radiation at Bristol University.

Researchers have also found a possible link between mobile phone use and tumors of the nerves that transmit information necancerigene about sound from the ear to the brain.

The world's five billion people use mobile phones daily.

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