(vIndianz, April 16 2010): A booming emerging economy has resulted in India boasting of as many as 545 million working cell phones, and the number is expected to reach 1 billion by 2015. This number is, in fact, more than the number of people who have access to toilet or sanitation facilities, which has been recorded at 366 million, or 31 percent of the 1-billion strong population.
According to a report compiled by the UN University on the UN Millennium Development Goals, India’s number of cell phone users soared in just 10 years, from 0.35 per 100 persons in 2000 to 45 per 100 persons this year. The Canada-based think tank’s study on cell phone users in developing countries to demonstrate that some countries may lag behind in achieving the goal of providing toilets and sanitation for all the world population by 2025. The reports said that it is a tragic irony to think that in India, a country now wealthy enough that roughly half of the people own phones, half cannot afford the basic necessity and dignity of a toilet. The UN University said it would cost an estimated 358 billion dollars to build toilets for half the world population between now and 2015.
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- Study: Could Cell-Phone Use in Pregnancy Affect Kids’ Behavior? – TIME
- Cell Phone Cancer Concerns: What Else Is a Danger in Your Home? – ABC News
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- WHO says cell phone use "possibly carcinogenic" – Reuters
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- 3G phones less harmful, researcher says – Sydney Morning Herald
- Study Finds Cellphones May Cause Cancer, but Brain Cancers Have Not Spiked – ABC News
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