Using a mobile phone could damage sperm

This was a headline on AOL news a couple of days ago:

Mobile phones may be causing damage to sperm production in men with potentially devastating consequences for fertility rates, a study suggests.

The Independent reported that a study had found microwaves emitted by the phones reduced the number, mobility and quality of sperm by almost half.

Scientists from the Reproductive Research Centre at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio, tested the sperm of 364 men who were being investigated for infertility with their partners.

They found that men who were the heaviest users of mobile phones - more than four hours a day - had the lowest sperm counts at 50 million per millilitre (ml) and the least healthy sperm. In contrast, sperm counts were highest (86 million per ml), and the sperm healthiest, among those men who reported that they did not use mobile phones.

The study was carried out in Mumbai, India, where mobile phones have not yet penetrated all social groups.

Professor Ashok Agarwal, director of the research centre, told The Independent: "On all four parameters - sperm count, motility, viability and morphology - there were significant differences between the groups.
"The greater the use of cellphones, the greater the decrease in these parameters. That was very clear and very significant."


Could this be the begining of a "Children of Men" like human race? Even though so much technology kills us and our enviroment yet we still use it. Could we deal with a ban of mobile phones? A ban of wireless? A cap on the energy we use?