
Ok, so we're fully aware of how
potentially dangerous cellphones are to the longevity of our brain, and we understand the risk of generating
ear tumors if we yap too long, but a new study by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine might have findings that elicit more than just a passing scoff. Researchers analyzing British males have linked "electromagnetic radiation emitted by handsets and / or the heat they generate" to actually lowering sperm count by "up to 25 percent." The study was based around four areas of potency -- "count, motility, viability / morphology, or appearance" -- and it was suggested that users of mobile phones produced "significant differences" from those who refrained from talking on the oh-so-treacherous handset. Even light talkers weren't off the hook, as the study found that occasional communicators seem to suffer from drops in sperm quality, while the big talkers who blew through four hours per day or more on their trusty cellphone had "results" described as "worst" and "poorest." Nevertheless, some doctors are indeed skeptical of unseen variables that must be considered when viewing the talkative crowd, such as the "amount of time they spend in cars, the amount of stress in their life, and the quality of food" they ingest -- so
maybe you can just nix
McDonald's, still maximize those M2M minutes, and not completely eliminate your hopes of
fathering a child someday.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
teo @ Oct 25th 2006 9:57AM
But if you follow the study's reasoning, it seems to say that those with phones furthest from their genital area for longer periods of time (i.e. @ the head) are at risk of lower sperm counts.
Problem with this study (and many others published by trigger happy media) is that not only did they only study a few hundred people, it fails to take into consider concurrent factors such as stress level (if they're on the phone that much they're probably working all the time), increased sedentary lifestyle (sitting @ a desk or in a car for long periods), etc, etc.
Finished Law School @ Oct 25th 2006 2:37PM
The average person is too stupid and lazy to read the study to figure out that the results are not applicable to the real world.
sizzles @ Oct 25th 2006 6:22PM
Wonder what this macbook is doing to my groin. Yeesh.
Matt T. @ Oct 25th 2006 11:21PM
I am pretty sure this is a short term effect, If you stopped using you count would go back up