Re: Beware the Laptop! -Temperature and Fertility

[farbersa <farbersa@optonline.net>]

Hi all:

I believe the issue that might make laptop use more of an issue, is that a  

male user would bring his legs together thus not allowing the testes to  

"cool" by distancing themselves from the body [or legs] or source of  

unusual heat in the case of a laptop, thus not maintaining a certain  

optimum temperature for sperm production.



It is a fact that fertility specialist involved in assisting couples with  

conception related problems have been recommending to men for over 15  

years that they wear boxer type briefs [vs the type of briefs which hold  

the testes closer to the body]. By wearing boxer shorts the testes are  

kept a bit cooler when necessary, which will help in increasing the viable  

sperm production in a male. The distance from the testes to the abdomen in  

men is a variable controlled by temperature and whether the scrotum  

contracts to draw the testes closer to the abdomen to warm -or not.



An interesting bit of animal kingdom adaptation and the ability of some  

mammals to move their testicles at will involves buck kangaroos. The male  

kangaroo battles other kangaroos for dominance and breeding rights by  

fighting and kicking out at its opponent with its clawed feet to rip at  

their abdomen and damage critical "reproductive structures" normally  

hanging below the  abdomen. A male kangaroo before it does battle can draw  

its testicles completely up into its abdomen [assuming "battle readiness"  

as it were] so these structures rather critical to its eventually  

reproducing are less exposed to injury and not "lost" by a well placed  

kick from its opponent.



Stu Farber



Stewart Farber

Consulting Scientist

1285 Wood Ave.

Bridgeport, CT 06604

[203] 367-0791

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On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 09:05:25 -0600, Dan Hoffman  

<dhoffman@pangea-group.com> wrote:



> If interested, see link about health effects warning the male population  

> re heat from laptops:

>

> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6677040/

>

> If this is truly an issue (I strongly doubt it), what about the many  

> other sources of heat in the workplace??

>

> Daniel E. Hoffman, CHP,CIH,CSP,CHMM

> Vice President, EHS&Q

> Pangea Inc.

> 2604 South Jefferson Avenue

> St. Louis MO 63118-1505

> 314-333-0605

>

>

>







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