Ashok Agarwal, head of the Center for Reproductive Medicine at clinic’s Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, said researchers found that people who use the hands-free may hurt a man’s sperm quality. According to the study, cell phones emits radio-frequency electromagnetic waves in the talk mode, and people who exposed to this kind of waves may have a negative impact on the motility and viability of sperm cells.

The researchers performed a simple experiment where they collected sperms form 32 people, then the sperms were placed 2.5 centimeters from a 850 MHz cell phone in talk mode for 1 hour “the typical distance between the testes and trouser pockets, the clinic said Thursday in a release.”

Results:

The findings showed that cell phone radiation increased the amount of free radicals and decreased the amount of anti-oxidants in semen.

Agarwal, however, warned that more testing is needed. “Our study has not provided proof that you should stop putting cell phones in your pocket. There are many things that need to be proven before we get to that stage,” he told CNN.

Source – UPI