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RE: Beware the Laptop! -Temperature and Fertility
Thus there are isuues with, among other things: Electric blankets, athletes
wearing "cups" or other supporting devices, people in cold weather climates
wearing seveal layers of clothing, etc?
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From: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]On Behalf Of farbersa
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 9:09 AM
To: Dan Hoffman; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Cc: farbersa@optonline.net
Subject: Re: Beware the Laptop! -Temperature and Fertility
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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