Is That A Phone In Your Pocket?

Newsweek - USA

The study found that the radiofrequency electromagnetic waves a cell phone emits when it's in talk mode can lead to higher levels of free radicals in sperm ...

http://www.newsweek.com/id/159624

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Cell phones linked to sluggish sperm

WTAM.com - Cleveland, OH, USA

But researchers at the Cleveland Clinic have found that radio-frequency electromagnetic waves emitted from cell phones in talk mode may cause decreased ...

http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122520&article=4268759>

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Cell Phone Use Linked to Male Infertility

WebMD - USA

"We will also test the effect [of radiofrequency electromagnetic waves emitted from cell phones] at other distances," he says. "We know the radiation ...

http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20080919/cell-phone-use-linked-male-infertility

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Cell phones in pockets can lead to infertility

Hindu - Chennai, India

And there are still more questions to ask," he said, adding that his study was designed to examine whether exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic waves ...

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/099200809211132.htm

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Are you in the network of infertility?

CIOL - Bangalore, Karnataka, India

... which prompted the group to study further, by exposing semen samples to electromagnetic radiation from cell phones to see what, if any, effects occur. ...

http://www.ciol.com/News/News-Reports/Are-you-in-the-network-of-infertility/22908110685/0/

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Men, Keep Cell Phones Away From Your Pants To Avoid Infertility!

eFluxMedia - USA

According to a study conducted by researchers at the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute at Cleveland Clinic, radio-frequency electromagnetic waves ...

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Men_Keep_Cell_Phones_Away_From_Your_Pants_To_Avoid_Infertility_24830.html

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Mobile Phone Use May Damage Male Fertility
http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/smartphones/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210603131

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Cell Phones Could Affect Male Fertility

Digitaltrends.com - Lake Oswego, OR, USA

If so, according to a new study, the electromagnetic waves could be decreasing your fertility. Researchers at the Center for Reproductive Medicine at the ...

http://news.digitaltrends.com/news-article/17931/cell-phones-could-affect-male-fertility

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Male infertility linked to cell phones

National Business Review - Auckland, New Zealand

... their cellphones in their pants, or clipped on their belt close to their gonads, may be exposing them to harmful radiofrequency electromagnetic waves. ...

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/male-infertility-linked-cell-phones-35582

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Cell phones discovered to harm sperm quality, count

Daily Vidette - Normal, IL, USA

"Cell phones give out electromagnetic radiation which can be harmful to body tissue," Anu Gokhale, technology professor at ISU, said. ...

http://www.dailyvidette.com/home/news/2008/09/29/News/Cell-Phones.Discovered.To.Harm.Sperm.Quality.Count-3456737.shtml

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Effects of RF-EMW from cellular phones on human ejaculated semen: an in vitro pilot study

"Samples exposed to RF-EMW showed a significant decrease in sperm motility and viability, increase in ROS level, and decrease in ROS-TAC score. Levels of TAC and DNA damage showed no significant differences from the unexposed group. Radiofrequency electromagnetic waves emitted from cell phones may lead to oxidative stress in human semen. We speculate that keeping the cell phone in a trouser pocket in talk mode may negatively affect spermatozoa and impair male fertility."

Ashok Agarwal, Nisarg R. Desai, Kartikeya Makker, Alex Varghese, Rand Mouradi, Edmund Sabanegh, Rakesh Sharma. Fertility and Sterility. In Press. 2008.

Abstract

Example of media attention: http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20080919/cell-phone-use-linked-male-infertility , critics on media attention: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/2008-09-22/Media_reports_exaggerate_cell_phone_risks_again

 

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