Study institutes doubt their study / Andrologist Pacey: “I’ll keep carrying my smartphone in my pocket!” / Causes include diet, alcohol, stress, smoking
Vienna (OTS) – A study recently published by the Swiss Institute of Tropical and Public Health and the University of Geneva reveals that men who use their cell phones more than 20 times a day have around 20% reduced fertility compared to those who do not use the cell phone. cell phones more than five times a day. However, this link, which was found in a purely questionnaire study, cannot be explained clinically.
One of the first reactions came from Allan Pacey, professor of andrology at the University of Manchester: “We cannot be sure that the cell phone is not a surrogate marker for some other aspect of men’s lifestyle or occupation that is the root cause of change in sperm. quality” Pacey will continue to carry his smartphone in his pocket.
Data came only from questionnaires
This reaction is also understandable to laymen because this is purely a research study. Data on cell phone use were collected exclusively through questionnaires. The study authors also found that “(…) the link between cell phone use and sperm concentration was greatest in the years between 2005 and 2007 and gradually decreased in the following periods (2008-2011 and 2012-2018)”.
The attempt to explain this – it is due to the systems that have improved over time from 2G to 4G in 2018 – seems a bit useless to the Mobile Communication Forum, since emissions from the mobile telephony fields have nothing to do with the issued protocol.
The basic causes: diet, alcohol, stress, smoking
According to the Swiss news agency SDA, even the Swiss Institute of Tropical and Public Health and the University of Geneva, that is, the institutes responsible for the study, put into perspective the statements of the study authors: “Numerous studies in other countries showed that sperm quality in the past has declined over 50 years. Experts believe that this phenomenon is due to a combination of environmental factors (endocrine disruptors, pesticides, radiation) and behavioral factors (diet, alcohol, stress, smoking).”
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