Heavy cell phone use tied to poor sperm quality

[groovedaddy]

Men who talked more than 4 hours a day had lowest counts, study says

NEW YORK - Spending hours on a cell phone each day may affect the quality of a man’s sperm, preliminary research suggests.

In a study of 361 men seen at their infertility clinic, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic found an association between the patients’ cell phone use and their sperm quality.

On average, the more hours the men spent on their cell phones each day, the lower their sperm count and the greater their percentage of abnormal sperm.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23033163/wid/11915773?gt1=10914

[Teaser]

1. excellent

throw them condoms out.

[Donnachaidh]

2. Wonder how quickly the government will cover up the *abnormal sperm* bit

After all, no one wants to admit that their children were messed up because Daddy wanted to wear a Borgian device to *look cool*.

:eyes:

[Demeter]

3. A Coincidence Is Not a Correlation

Suppose they all ate fig newtons---would that be significant?

[trotsky]

6. Exactly.

The men I know who spend that much time on their cellphones have high-pressure, stressful jobs. Ya think that might affect things downstairs?

[Dogmudgeon]

4. That's NOT where you're supposed to hold the phone.

That's a technical opinion, though.

--p!

[BlueJazz]

5. Boy...This gives a whole new meaning to the word "Dictaphone"

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[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Is that why they're promoting hands-free phones?

[BridgeTheGap]

8. The Cell Phone "Tower of Doom"

http://tinyurl.com/2955ly

[GoneOffShore]

9. Again - Correlation is not causation

Mercola is just trying to pitch his brand of woo and frighten the gullible.

[cosmik debris]

10. It is amazing how little knowledge some people have

about radio frequency radiation and especially about the inverse square law.

People have seen it as dangerous magic since the days of Marconi. And some people still have that hundred year old mind set.

[GoneOffShore]

11. oooo RADIO WAVES, COSMIC RAYS!!!!!

Run - hide- buy my special tinfoil-radio-wave-deflecting-hat-infused-with-quantum-energized-herbs!!!!!! And I'll throw in a magic pyramid as well.

[cosmik debris]

12. You can't fool me

All radio wave deflecting hats are tin foil pyramids. You are just trying to sell your bogus herb formula. I get my herb formula from the internets because I know I can trust the internets!