In the present day world where every one is going fast after money, wealth and overnight fame, the use of cell phones across the world has become a routine and every one from child to old, man to woman and officer to labourer is using cell phones frequently just to shorten their communication distance. Besides, having a number of advantages, like saving time and communication gap, the use if mobile/cell phones have some disadvantages also as reveled by several studies during the past.
According to a recent study conducted it has been suggested that the radio frequency energy released by cell/mobile phones decreases the sperm quality in men. The study has been conducted by the researchers from Cleveland Clinic in Ohio who have warned against keeping cell/mobile phones in a man’s pocket or on belt. They say that it may affect sperm quality if they are turned on in such places like belt of pocket.
According to student, by keeping cell phones in man’s pockets, they are exposing their testicles to damaging Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Waves.
Researchers further added that even the Bluetooth-devices, which are commonly used by many people, may not always be safe due to the proximity of the phones and the exposure that these are causing.
The study was conducted after the lead researcher Ashok Agarwal, Head of the Andrology Laboratory and the Director of the Center for Reproductive Medicine at the Glickman Urologoical and Kidney Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio collected semen samples from 32 men and divided each man’s sample into two parts.
Researchers placed half of the semen samples 2.5 centimeters away from a 850 MHz frequency cell phone in talk mode for one hour, the same distance between the testes and the trouser pockets.
The semen which was exposed to radio frequency electromagnetic waves emitted from cell phones had higher levels of damaging free radicals, lower sperm mobility, lower sperm viability and possibly greater oxidative stress than the non-exposed semen, the study shows.
However, there were no significant differences in DNA damage between the exposed and unexposed groups and researchers say further study is needed to validate the findings. (The findings are published in the journal Fertility and Sterility).