Note: This study found no significant biological effects under its experimental conditions. We include all studies for scientific completeness.
Reproductive function in relation to duty assignments among military personnel.
Schrader, SM, Langford, RE, Turner, TW, Breitenstein, MJ, Clark, JC, Jenkins, BL, Lundyl DO, Simonl SD, Weyandtl TBl · 1998
View Original AbstractMilitary radar exposure showed no sperm quality effects, but contradictory findings suggest different RF sources may have varying reproductive impacts.
Plain English Summary
Researchers studied 193 soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, examining sperm quality in men exposed to military radar versus those with no radar exposure. The study found no significant differences in sperm concentration, motility, or other measures of reproductive health between radar-exposed soldiers and controls. However, these results contradicted an earlier study by the same research team that found radar exposure decreased sperm counts, suggesting different types of military radar may have varying effects.
Study Details
As a follow-up to the pilot study of semen quality of soldiers with various military assignments a larger, more complete study was conducted.
. Soldiers were recruited at Fort Hood, Texas. Thirty-three men were exposed to radar as part of the...
No statistical differences (P < 0.05) were observed in any measurement. While these results are in a...
The data presented here in men firing the 155-mm howitzer combined with the results from the previous studies confirms that there are no deficits in semen quality in these men. The contradiction between the results of the radar exposure studies indicates that more data are needed to evaluate the relationship of military radar and male reproductive health.
Show BibTeX
@article{schrader_1998_reproductive_function_in_relation_3379,
author = {Schrader and SM and Langford and RE and Turner and TW and Breitenstein and MJ and Clark and JC and Jenkins and BL and Lundyl DO and Simonl SD and Weyandtl TBl},
title = {Reproductive function in relation to duty assignments among military personnel.},
year = {1998},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/med/9717697},
}