EMF effects on sperm cells

Many scientific studies show that long term exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from sources such as cell phones causes adverse impacts on sperm cells.  These impacts include several types of malformation of sperm cell heads and reduced motility.

While I have no idea how deep the absorption goes this first image clearly demonstrates what a laptop does to the front of the body.

 

This image, from the fourth study shown here, shows the Induction of Sperm Head Abnormalities in Mice Exposed to Radiofrequency Radiation

Fig. 1 Observed shapes of
normal and abnormal heads. (
a)
normal sperm (
b) sperm with no
hook(
c) two tails (d) knobbed
hook (
e) amorphous head (f)
mean bent hook(
g) hook at
wrong angle (
i) pin-head (j)
banana-shaped head after
Otubanjo and Mosuro (
2001)

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol (2010) 84:51–54

 

 

 

This image, from the third study shown here, shows sperm samples at 20x magnification.

 

Human sperm count has dropped about 50% over the last 50 years.

https://www.thrillist.com/health/nation/male-fertility-why-sperm-counts-have-gone-down-in-the-last-50-years/health

 

Dr. Edmund Sabanegh, MD, Director of the Center for Male Fertility  and Chair of the Urology Department at Cleveland Clinic, says It’s best to keep your cell phone as far from the testes as you can.  “We’ve done a lot of research on cell phones,” Dr. Sabanegh says. “In studies where we directly exposed sperm to cell phone radiation, it did damage the sperm.”

 

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/2017/09/are-you-unknowingly-lowering-your-sperm-count-when-to-worry/

 

4 studies below on the effect of Wi-Fi and cell phones on sperm:

1) Use of laptop computers connected to internet through Wi-Fi decreases human sperm motility and increases human sperm DNA fragmentation

Conrado Avendano, M.S., ~ a Ariela Mata, M.S.,a Cesar A. Sanchez Sarmiento, M.D., Ph.D., ! a and Gustavo F. Doncel, M.D., Ph.D.b a Nascentis Medicina Reproductiva, Cordoba, Argentina; and ! b CONRAD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia

https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7520942026.pdf

2) Meta-analysis of 10 studies including 1492 samples.

Exposure to mobile phones was associated with reduced sperm motility (mean difference − 8.1% (95% CI − 13.1, − 3.2)) and viability (mean difference − 9.1% (95% CI − 18.4, 0.2)), but the effects on concentration were more equivocal. The results were consistent across experimental in vitroand observational in vivo studies. We conclude that pooled results from in vitro and in vivostudies suggest that mobile phone exposure negatively affects sperm quality.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412014001354

 

3)  Effects of cellular phone emissions on sperm motility in rats

Here is the link to the abstract on PubMed:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17628553#


Ji-Geng Yan, M.D., Ph.D.,a Michael Agresti, M.S.,a Tim Bruce, B.S.,a Yu Hui Yan, M.D.,a
Amy Granlund, B.S.,b and Hani S. Matloub, M.D.a

a Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; and b Reproductive Medicine
Clinic, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

Fertil Steril. 2007 Oct;88(4):957-64. Epub 2007 Jul 12.

Effects of cellular phone emissions on sperm motility in rats.

Author information

Ji-Geng Yan, M.D., Ph.D.,a Michael Agresti, M.S.,a Tim Bruce, B.S.,a Yu Hui Yan, M.D.,a
Amy Granlund, B.S.,b and Hani S. Matloub, M.D.a

a Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; and b Reproductive Medicine
Clinic, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To evaluate the effects of cellular phone emissions on rat sperm cells.

DESIGN:

Classic experimental.

SETTING:

Animal research laboratory.

SUBJECTS:

Sixteen 3-month-old male Sprague-Dawley rats, weighing 250-300 g.

INTERVENTION(S):

Rats in the experimental group were exposed to two 3-hour periods of daily cellular phone emissions for 18 weeks; sperm samples were then collected for evaluation.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):

Evaluation of sperm motility, sperm cell morphology, total sperm cell number, and mRNA levels for two cell surface adhesion proteins.

RESULT(S):

Rats exposed to 6 hours of daily cellular phone emissions for 18 weeks exhibited a significantly higher incidence of sperm cell death than control group rats through chi-squared analysis. In addition, abnormal clumping of sperm cells was present in rats exposed to cellular phone emissions and was not present in control group rats.

CONCLUSION(S):

These results suggest that carrying cell phones near reproductive organs could negatively affect male fertility.

PMID:
17628553
DOI:
10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.022
[Indexed for MEDLINE]

You can download this study from the following hyperlink:

Effects of cellular phone emissions on sperm motility in rats

4)  Preliminary Study on the Induction of Sperm Head Abnormalities in Mice, Mus musculus, Exposed to Radiofrequency Radiations from Global System for Mobile Communication Base Stations

A. A. Otitoloju • I. A. Obe • O. A. Adewale • O. A. Otubanjo • V. O. Osunkalu

Received: 23 May 2009/Accepted: 24 September 2009/Published online: 9 October 2009 ! Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009

Abstract The exposure of male mice to radiofrequency radiations from mobile phone (GSM) base stations at a workplace complex and residential quarters caused 39.78 and 46.03%, respectively, in sperm head abnormalities compared to 2.13% in control group. Statistical analysis of sperm head abnormality score showed that there was a significant (p\0.05) difference in occurrence of sperm head abnormalities in test animals. The major abnormalities observed were knobbed hook, pin-head and bananashaped sperm head. The occurrence of the sperm head abnormalities was also found to be dose dependent. The implications of the observed increase occurrence of sperm head abnormalities on the reproductive health of humans living in close proximity to GSM base stations were discussed.

Keywords Sperm head ! Radiofrequency radiation ! Mobile phones ! Mutagens

 

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/973a/3a8e93a09bbe86041448375bb1e44b409258.pdf

You can also download that study from the following link:

Study on RF impact on mice sperm head