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 Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject: Mobile phones can lead to fertility problems in men |
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Mobile phones may be causing widespread damage to sperm production in men with potentially devastating consequences for global fertility rates, a study suggests.
Microwaves emitted by the phones reduce the number, mobility and quality of sperm by almost half, to the point where some men may become infertile, scientists say.
Almost a billion people around the world are using mobile phones and in some countries the number is growing at 20 to 30 per cent a year. Scientists from the Reproductive Research Centre at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio, tested the sperm of 364 men who were being investigated for infertility with their partners.
They found that men who were the heaviest users of mobile phones - more than four hours a day - had the lowest sperm counts at 50 million per millilitre (ml) and the least healthy sperm. In contrast, sperm counts were highest (86 million per ml), and the sperm healthiest, among those men who reported that they did not use mobile phones. |
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1919485.ece |
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