Ruh-Roh: Wi-Fi Could Be Baking Your Sperm

[Brink]

Not to be too dramatic, but we couldn’t live without our Wi-Fi connections. That could be our downfall, because as it turns out, future generations of young geeks may not be able to live with our Wi-Fi connections. While the proliferation of wireless hot spots is generally regarded as a Very Good Thing overall, a new study suggests that "a laptop connected wirelessly to the Internet on the lap near the testes may result in decreased male fertility." Basically, guys, all that YouTube browsing could be killing off your little soldiers.

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[seavixen32]

I don't care - I've done all the reproducing I'm going to to do!!

Mind you, haven't we also been told that mobile phones are frying our brains?

Best go back to the abacus and semaphore flags then.

 

[rraod]

Shawn, I read the article. As the author says it is not yet proved in human beings.

Can I compare this to a mobile phone threat?

Nowadays we are using mobile phones more than wi-fi and I am sure mobile phones emit more electromagnetic radiation than wi-fi chips in laptops.

 

[Brink]

Yeah, I would say it's one of those things that's not completely proven yet, but could be a possibility.

 

[richnrockville]

With some people, it might be a good thing to reduce their ability to pass on their genes. :sarc:

Rich

 

[Airbot]

Did Scooby Doo write the article?

 

[seavixen32]

Did Scooby Doo write the article?

You're on the brink with that one!

 

[arkhi]

The lesson here is that your laptop should never be your pillow, especially during sexy time.

 

[Urthboundmisfit]

With some people, it might be a good thing to reduce their ability to pass on their genes. :sarc:

:roflmao: I heartily concur, sir.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Could that be what's behind the free wi-fi movement for the poor?

 

[Sub Styler]

Not to be too dramatic, but we couldn’t live without our Wi-Fi connections. That could be our downfall, because as it turns out, future generations of young geeks may not be able to live with our Wi-Fi connections. While the proliferation of wireless hot spots is generally regarded as a Very Good Thing overall, a new study suggests that "a laptop connected wirelessly to the Internet on the lap near the testes may result in decreased male fertility." Basically, guys, all that YouTube browsing could be killing off your little soldiers.

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The heat from the laptop itself will cause "thermal sterilisation" anyway with or without wifi. This is well documented and is usually temporary, however in some cases after long term exposure to laptop heat the sterilisation may become permanent.

Not that I want to produce any more teapot lids (the 2 I have is just great). But I'm desktop wired connection anyway.

 

[Urthboundmisfit]

Could that be what's behind the free wi-fi movement for the poor?

It's a conspiracy I tells ya... OCCUPY WI-FI!!!

 

[seavixen32]

It's all a load of balls if you ask me!

 

[Sub Styler]

It's all a load of balls if you ask me!

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[JohnShilton]

Well, the fools didn't even think that the wifi cannot penetrate the human skin at all. How would it reach the inner body? its the matter of common sense that people didn't think at all...

 

[Sub Styler]

Well, the fools didn't even think that the wifi cannot penetrate the human skin at all. How would it reach the inner body? its the matter of common sense that people didn't think at all...

What makes you think a 5ghz radiowave cant penetrate your skin?

 

[EvilOzzmess]

If you've ever put your finger on top of a radio's antenna, and noticed it STILL receives the RF signals despite that 1/2 - 1" of flesh and bone, that means the RF is passing THROUGH the tissues of your finger and STILL reaching the antenna to transmit the signal to the radio. If the RF signals DID NOT do this, the transmission would be lost and you'd stop hearing anything out of the radio.

It is the same for everything that uses RF. The difference between what is harmless and what is NOT harmless, is the TYPE of radioactivity - that's gamma or alpha. X-rays are NOT harmless, while an MRI IS harmless... because they are on different spectrum of the radioactivity scale.

By the way... the other difference that specifies whether radioactivity is safe or harmful is what those RF's do to the CELLS. If they permeate the CELL WALL and alter (Mutate) the DNA (Nucleus), they are dangerous. If they do NOT pass through the cell walls, and do NOT alter the DNA (CANNOT penetrate the Nucleus), they are safe.


Yes, I am a Science geek. Deal with it.

 

[Urthboundmisfit]

If you've ever put your finger on top of a radio's antenna, and noticed it STILL receives the RF signals despite that 1/2 - 1" of flesh and bone, that means the RF is passing THROUGH the tissues of your finger and STILL reaching the antenna to transmit the signal to the radio. If the RF signals DID NOT do this, the transmission would be lost and you'd stop hearing anything out of the radio.

It is the same for everything that uses RF. The difference between what is harmless and what is NOT harmless, is the TYPE of radioactivity - that's gamma or alpha. X-rays are NOT harmless, while an MRI IS harmless... because they are on different spectrum of the radioactivity scale.

By the way... the other difference that specifies whether radioactivity is safe or harmful is what those RF's do to the CELLS. If they permeate the CELL WALL and alter (Mutate) the DNA (Nucleus), they are dangerous. If they do NOT pass through the cell walls, and do NOT alter the DNA (CANNOT penetrate the Nucleus), they are safe.


Yes, I am a Science geek. Deal with it.

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[sygnus21]

Talking on cell phones can give your brain cancer, eating is unhealthy, breathing is unhealthy, having sex is unhealthy, living is unhealthy. what's next - Being born can shorten your life :sarc:

Not to trivialize things but good grief

 

[gilbert32]

and don't forget that watching too much YOUTUBE can hurt your eyes