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Are You Hanging Up on Fertility?

Study finds link between cellphones and infertility

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 25, 2008 3:00 PM CST

(Newser) – Men may want to be sure their unlimited minutes include calls to the urologist, USA Today reports, because a new study shows a possible link between cellphone use and male infertility. Researchers split 361 men under 40 into groups divided by amount of daily cell use and found the 4-plus-hours users had lower sperm counts and proportionally more malformed sperm.

The results are “quite preliminary,” a study co-author cautions, adding, "There are hundreds of variables that can affect our conclusions." The location of the phone, for example, could be a much more important factor than connection time. Says another researcher, "To get an effect, I think you've got to have the phone very close to the sperm."

Cell phones may have an adverse effect on fertility, a new study suggests.
Cell phones may have an adverse effect on fertility, a new study suggests.   (Shutterstock)
Motorola's new line of MOTORAZR2's are seen in this Sept. 12, 2007, file photo in New York. A new study suggests cell phones may have an adverse effect on male fertility. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan , file)
Motorola's new line of MOTORAZR2's are seen in this Sept. 12, 2007, file photo in New York. A new study suggests cell phones may have an adverse effect on male fertility. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan , file)   (Associated Press)
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Woo Paik, President and Chief Technology Officer of LG Electronics, holds up LG's VX-9400 cellphone and video monitor at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008 before the start of the convention on Monday. A new study suggests cell phones may have an adverse effect...
Woo Paik, President and Chief Technology Officer of LG Electronics, holds up LG's VX-9400 cellphone and video monitor at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008 before the...   (Associated Press)
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