Cell Phone Use Could Lead To Infertility

Sorry to all Silence Breakers if I haven't posted anything new this past week. I've been experiencing some technical difficulties with my broadband connection. Luckily, today the connection returns back to normal and I'm back to the blogosphere. So here's my newest post for the week.


A survey showed that cell phone use has been associated with low sperm count in men. Ashok Agrawal and his colleagues surveyed 364 men who were evaluated at an infertility clinic in Mumbai, India. They found that those men who used their cell phones the most -- four hours or more a day -- had the lowest average sperm counts.
Agrawal, a reproductive biologist at the Cleveland Clinic however said, "I'm not giving up my cellphone." He added, "Our study is not the final word. But we were able to demonstrate some interesting findings."
Heavy cell phone use may actually be a marker for something else that is known to affect sperm count -- like siting for long stretches or being overweight. The results have been intriguing enough, however, that in the next few months, Agrawal hopes to sign up a couple hundred men at the Cleveland Clinic for further study.
In the meantime, Dr. Peter Schlegel, a urologist and board member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine said there's no need to throw cell phones away. He noted that if there's a man who's really, really worried and wants to play it absolutely safe, he could stop carrying his cell phone on his belt or pocket.