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One study of past cell phone use cited in the report showed a "40% increased risk for [[gliomas]] (brain cancer) in the highest category of heavy users (reported average: 30 minutes per day over a 10‐year period)."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/cell-phones-cause-cancer-2011-5 |title=World Health Organization: Cell Phones May Cause Cancer|accessdate=31 May 2011|publisher=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> This is a reversal from their prior position that cancer was unlikely to be caused by cellular phones or their base stations and that reviews had found no convincing evidence for other health effects.<ref name="World Health Organization" /><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs193/en|title= Electromagnetic fields and public health: mobile telephones and their base stations|accessdate=19 January 2008|year= 2000|month= June|work= Fact sheet N°193|publisher= [[World Health Organization]]}}</ref> Certain countries, including France, have warned against the use of cell phones especially by minors due to health risk uncertainties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL0223157720080102|title=France warns against excessive mobile phone use|accessdate=10 May 2010|date=2 January 2008|publisher=Reuters|author=Brian Rohan}}</ref> However, a study published 24 March 2012 in the ''[[British Medical Journal]]'' questioned these estimates, because the increase in brain cancers has not paralleled the increase in mobile phone use.<ref>{{cite journal | author=Little MP, Rajaraman P, Curtis RE, ''et al.'' | title = Mobile phone use and glioma risk: comparison of epidemiological study results with incidence trends in the United States | journal = BMJ | year = 2012 | volume=344 | pages=e1147 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.e1147 }}</ref>

 

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