[ RadSafe ] Men hooked on mobile phones may suffer a 40 percentdrop in fertility

[stewart farber]

Hi all,
Wasn't there a post a while back to radsafe about a "study" which showed 
that laptop computer use [on actual laps of male users in many cases]  led 
to increased testicular temperatures [due to computer warming of vital 
components, both inanimate and animate --potentially :-) ] and lower sperm 
count. It would seem that someone using cell phones more is also likely to 
use a laptop computer more.

There are so many uncontrolled risk factors and secondary interactions in 
the current cited study that it would seem the "findings" are highly 
suspect.

Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
Consulting Scientist
The Prometheus Group, LLC
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Bridgeport, CT 06604
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "howard long" <hflong at pacbell.net>
To: "Muckerheide, Jim (CDA)" <Jim.Muckerheide at state.ma.us>; "John Jacobus" 
<crispy_bird at yahoo.com>; "Dawson, Fred Mr" <Fred.Dawson199 at mod.uk>; 
<radsafe at radlab.nl>; <srp-uk at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 12:27 PM
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] Men hooked on mobile phones may suffer a 40 
percentdrop in fertility


> So infertile men who use phones more have lower sperm counts than others?
>  Not well controlled. Those also are more likely  Type A, likely to 
> exercise less (while busy, busy) and otherwise different in ways likely to 
> reduce sperm count.
>
>  Men who phone a lot are different in other ways (likely to give low sperm 
> counts).
>  Forget this "study".
>
>  Howard Long MD MPH
>
> "Muckerheide, Jim (CDA)" <Jim.Muckerheide at state.ma.us> wrote:
>  John,
>
> Maybe we shouldn't interfere with Darwinian evolutionary determinism!
>
> Regards, Jim
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf Of John Jacobus
>> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:14 AM
>> To: Dawson, Fred Mr; radsafe at radlab.nl; srp-uk at yahoogroups.com
>>
>> Maybe they should get off the phone and start talking
>> with their wives and significant others.
>>
>>
>> --- "Dawson, Fred Mr" wrote:
>>
>> > Times reports - Men hooked on mobile phones may
>> > suffer a 40 per cent drop in fertility
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2418475,00.html
>> >
>> >
>> > Radiation is the likely cause, reports our
>> > correspondent from the
>> > American Society for Reproductive Medicine
>> >
>> >
>> > MEN who are heavy users of mobile phones have
>> > significantly lower sperm
>> > counts than those who are not, according to research
>> > that suggests
>> > radiation from handsets could be damaging male
>> > fertility.
>> > Both the quantity and quality of a man's sperm
>> > decline as his daily
>> > mobile phone use increases, a study of 361
>> > infertility patients in the
>> > United States indicates.
>> >
>> >
>> > The greatest effects were seen among very heavy
>> > users who talked on a
>> > mobile phone for more than four hours a day. . . .



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