New research has indicated that using a laptop with a wireless Wi-Fi connection could leave up to a quarter of men infertile.
The study involved placing specimens of sperm under a laptop connected to the internet via Wi-Fi and it was proven that the sperm under the computer were far more damaged than those away from the signal.
At the end of the experiment, a quarter of the sperm had stopped moving, 9 per cent showed some damage compared with just 14 per cent that were away from the Wi-Fi had stopped moving.
Scientists from the United States and Argentina believe that the wireless connection creates electromagnetic radiation that could damage semen Conrado Avendano, the lead researcher of the group conducting the experiment, Nascentis Medicina Reproductiva said: “Our data suggest that the use of a laptop computer wirelessly connected to the internet and positioned near the male reproductive organs may decrease human sperm quality.
“At present we do not know whether this effect is induced by all laptop computers connected by Wi-Fi to the internet or what use conditions heighten this effect.”
Dr Robert Oates, the president of the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology doesn’t believe laptops are a significant risk to men’s health.
“This is not real-life biology; this is a completely artificial setting,” he said.
“It is scientifically interesting, but to me it doesn't have any human biological relevance.
“Suddenly all of this angst is created for real-life actual persons that don’t have to be.”
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