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Physiology & Medicine / Can radiation from computers (such as wireless) be harmful?
« on: 13/06/2008 13:00:40 »
Thermal radiation, a.k.a. heat, from laptop computers could reduce male fertility...
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Men who use laptop computers could be unwittingly damaging their fertility, experts believe.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4078895.stm
Balancing it on the lap increases the temperature of the scrotum which is known to have a negative effect on sperm production, researchers found.
Coupled with the rising popularity of these computers - about 150m people use them worldwide - much more research is needed say the US authors.
The State University of New York findings appear in Human Reproduction.