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Cell Phones May
Lead To Lower Fertility In Males
CBS5, March 14, 2007
by Sue
Kwon
Guys, the next time your cell phone rings, consider this. It could make
you less fertile according to a study by Cleveland Clinic researchers.
At the Reproductive Research Center, Dr. Ashok Agarwal and his team observed
350 men undergoing fertility treatment.
"Those men who used a cell phone for more than 4 hours per day had the
biggest decrease in properties in sperm especially the count, quality,
and quantity of the sperm," Dr. Agarwal said. "They are significantly
impaired in these men."
He announced the findings in the Fall, and plans to release a full report
in a leading fertility journal "Fertility and Sterility" in the coming
weeks.
It will explain how cell phones emit an electromagnetic wave when they
communicate with the nearest cell tower.
Those waves could be heating up tissue in the testicals or altering hormones
which impacts sperm production.
"It's possible an electromagnetic wave could cause damage to genomic
material in the sperm or the DNA, causing damage and cell death," Agarwal
said.
Before you panic, Joseph Farren with the CTIA which represents the cell
phone industry said, "One study, as the researchers note, does not provide
evidence of a reduction in sperm quality."
The CTIA is calling for more research, and so is UCSF Urology professor
Dr. Paul Turek.
"There are 50,000 other variables that have not been included in that
study that could matter just as much," Turek said.
Dr. Agarwal is conducting a more extensive study that will control for
factors like lifestyle, profession, and other environmental factors.
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