In vitro effect of cell phone radiation on motility, DNA fragmentation and clusterin gene expression in human sperm.
Zalata A, El-Samanoudy AZ, Shaalan D, El-Baiomy Y, Mostafa T. · 2015
View Original AbstractOne hour of cell phone radiation exposure significantly reduced sperm movement and increased DNA damage, especially in men with existing fertility problems.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed human sperm samples from 124 men to cell phone radiation for one hour in laboratory conditions. The radiation significantly reduced sperm movement and increased DNA damage, with the worst effects seen in men who already had fertility problems. This suggests that cell phone radiation may harm male fertility by damaging sperm quality and genetic material.
Why This Matters
This study adds to a growing body of research demonstrating that radiofrequency radiation from cell phones can damage human sperm at the cellular level. What's particularly concerning is that men with existing fertility issues showed the greatest vulnerability to RF exposure, suggesting that those who most need healthy sperm function may be at highest risk from everyday cell phone use. The researchers found measurable damage to sperm DNA and reduced sperm movement after just one hour of exposure. While the study doesn't specify exact radiation levels, typical cell phone emissions during calls range from 0.1 to 2 watts per kilogram. The reality is that many men carry phones in their pockets for hours daily, potentially exposing reproductive organs to chronic low-level radiation. This research supports the precautionary approach of keeping phones away from the body, especially for men trying to conceive.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
Study Details
This study aimed to investigate the effects of in vitro RF-EMF exposure emitted from cellular phones on sperm motility index, sperm DNA fragmentation and seminal clusterin (CLU) gene expression.
In this prospective study, a total of 124 semen samples were grouped into the following main categor...
There was a significant decrease in sperm motility, sperm linear velocity, sperm linearity index, an...
Cell phone emissions have a negative impact on exposed sperm motility index, sperm acrosin activity, sperm DNA fragmentation and seminal CLU gene expression, especially in OAT cases.
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@article{a_2015_in_vitro_effect_of_2698,
author = {Zalata A and El-Samanoudy AZ and Shaalan D and El-Baiomy Y and Mostafa T.},
title = {In vitro effect of cell phone radiation on motility, DNA fragmentation and clusterin gene expression in human sperm.},
year = {2015},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4410031/},
}