Mobile Phones Linked to Increased the Infertility in Men

Two studies look at the way that the cell phones may effect the quality of sperm. The next time your cell phone rings you just may not want to answer It seriously . A 2008 study conducted at the Cleveland Clinic and published in the Fertility and Sterility looks at the effect of cell phone use on various markers of the semen quality.

The researchers here compiled data on 361 male subjects. They evaluated sperm samples on the eight different quality parameters: average sperm count, liquefaction time, pH, viscosity, volume, motility, and viabiity, and percentage of the normal morphology. The participants were then divided into the four groups depending on their average daily cell phone usage.

Researchers found that as a daily cell phone use increased a decrease was seen in the average sperm count, motility, viablilty, and normal morphology--four of the eight markers that used to measure semen quality. This study was totally based on previous research of the effects of electromagnetic waves (EMV) in the animal studies that suggested a wide-range of damaging effects on testicular function and the top male germ line and reports that showed an effect of cell phone usage on the sperm motility in humans.

However just the authors of this study are careful to point out that cell phones operate between 400 MHz and 2000 MHz frequency bands and no adverse attempt was made to study the effects of higher frequencies on semen quality. In addition here although their results indicate a strong associate they do not prove a major cause-and-effect relationship.

The authors are continuing their research that with a follow-up study that assess a larger group of men and will also account for the effects of lifestyle habits and the occupational hazards that may effect the quality of sperm. In a recent related study that they are exposing semen samples to electromagnetic radiation from cell phones to see if an basic effects occur.

A British study that found that cell phones may harm sperm quality in a different way. Their study found that the storage of mobile phones close to the testes had a significant negative impact on the sperm concentration and the percentage of the motile sperm. However here this can be avoided by carrying the cell phone somewhere other than the hip pocket or belt.

But, a study published in The British Journal of Cancer so widely has contrary findings. Japanese researchers looked at the effect of radiation on different parts of the brain by comparing the cell phone use in 322 brain cancer patients against the 683 healthy people and found "no association between mobile use and cancer," stated the lead researcher Naohito Yamaguchi.

Although all findings are those based on specific research samples, the implications are worth considering the next time you just slip your cell phone into your belt holster.

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