Cell Phone Use Linked to Male Infertility

Just read this article about the health risk of using and/or carrying a cell phone. Many things have been said and claimed about cell phones risk to health. Some key words in the article are "may" "Future studies"



By Denise Mann
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD


Sept. 19, 2008 -- Men, beware: Using a hands-free device with a cell phone may affect your fertility if you keep your phone close to your testicles, Cleveland Clinic researchers warn in the journal Fertility and Sterility.

Men who use these hands-free devices tend to carry their cell phones in their pants pocket or clipped to their belts at the waist while in talk mode. As a result, they may be exposing their testicles to damaging radiofrequency electromagnetic waves, explains Ashok Agarwal, PhD, head of the andrology laboratory and the director of the Center for Reproductive Medicine at the Glickman Urologoical and Kidney Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

"The Bluetooth devices, which many people are using these days because of health or safety concerns, may not be always so safe. There is a downside," he says.

Cell Phone Radiation Affects Sperm Quality
To arrive at their findings, researchers collected semen samples from 32 men and divided each man's sample into two parts. They placed half of the semen samples 2.5 centimeters away from a 850 MHz frequency cell phone in talk mode for one hour. Most cell phones used in the U.S. are 850-900 MHz. They chose this distance because it is the typical distance between the testes and the trouser pockets.

Previous research from the same group showed that radiofrequency electromagnetic waves emitted from cell phones can impair sperm quality, and the new study shows why this may occur. Semen exposed to radiofrequency electromagnetic waves emitted from cell phones had higher levels of damaging free radicals, lower sperm motility (the ability of the sperm to move and swim) and sperm viability (the percentage of live sperm), and possibly greater oxidative stress, the study shows. There were no significant differences in DNA damage between the exposed and unexposed groups.

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yeah, my bro's really hardcore using his phone and started to wear it in his shirt pocket or via a necklace.

you never know, but the stories that linked it to brain tumors surfaced and suddenly went away so it may also be exaggerations.

I haven't seen anything CONCLUSIVE between health risk of using cell phones, there are many opinions and theories claiming risk, but nothing factual, and they've had over 30 years. Once again scares without scientific/medical fact, someone has a theory, idea, reason to believe, a consensus at best which is a agreement on a possibility which is not concurred among doctors/scientist.

Waiting for some kook to come out and try to ban cell phones.

all i have to say is if this is true....im going to wear a suit of cell phones..lol

i had heard this one before, i hope its not true, i normally keep my phone in my pocket during the day most of the day, just recently had a home invasion awhile back, and my old motorola rokr got taken, with its clip/case so now i only carry my new replacement phone in my pants pocket

When they come out with conclusive evidence, then, they will get my attention.

Originally Posted by aepple

When they come out with conclusive evidence, then, they will get my attention.

What if thats too late??

Ever since I read this article a few months ago I've been taking my phone out of my pants pocket every morning when I arrive at work!

I wouldn't think this would be enough to cause any real problem, just like any other sort of cancer could be cause by other factors they aint looking at

it is also linked to female infertility...if your handphone is kept the female private parts...i read about this as well.

this sucks