London: Argentinian researchers revealed that a four-hour exposure to electromagnetic radiation from a laptop Wi-Fi decreased male sperm motility and caused DNA damage.
The study published in the journal Fertility and Sterility included sperm samples from 29 healthy men, which were exposed to laptop wireless network radiation for four hours. The exposure left a quarter of the sperm without movement, and 9% of the sperm showed DNA damage, three times the damage of non-radiation exposed sperm.
The study, led by the Nascentis Centre for Reproductive Medicine in Cordoba, Argentina and Eastern Virginia Medical School, found a quarter of the sperm placed next to a laptop for just a few hours were killed.
Evidence of DNA damage was also found. In comparison, sperm that was stored at the same temperature but away from a laptop showed a smaller drop in mobility and a significant reduction in DNA damage.
“Our data suggests that the use of a laptop computer wirelessly connected to the Internet and positioned near the male reproductive organs may decrease human sperm quality,” said project leader Dr. Conrado Avendano.
However, the scientists cautioned that their research was conducted in a lab environment which may not be representative of a real world – and that further research should be undertaken to substantiate the findings.
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