[LINK] "Mobile phones cut sperm count"

[Howard Lowndes]

On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 00:05, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> Mobile phones cut sperm count
> Helen Tobler JUNE 28, 2004
> 

Mmmm, lets see...
Mobile phones make your nuts nuts...
Boom, boom.

OK, and where is the research on ovaries...?

> <http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9972717%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E
> ,00.html>
> 
> MEN who regularly carry a mobile phone could have their sperm count reduced
> by as much as 30 per cent.
> 
> Those who place their phone near their groin, on a belt or in a pocket, are
> at greatest risk, new research has revealed. 
> 
> The findings, to be presented at an international conference this week, are
> the first to suggest male fertility could be affected by the radiation
> emitted by mobile phones, also long suspected of causing cancer. 
> 
> But Australian experts advised men not to panic yet .. Monash IVF's medical
> director Gab Kovacs said,"I wouldn't throw out my mobile phone at the
> moment," ...
> 
> Unlike previous studies, the researchers believe mobile phones may cause
> damage while in stand-by mode, when mobiles are not in use but still make
> regular transmission to maintain contact with radio towers. (Sunday Times)
> --
> 
> happy trails ..
> stephen loosley
> melburbs, australia
> 
> 
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