A recent study from Switzerland suggests a potential link between increased mobile phone usage and lower sperm concentration in young men, contributing to the ongoing decline in global sperm counts.
While no significant differences were found in sperm motility or morphology among various phone users, there was no evidence supporting the theory that carrying the phone in a pocket rather than a backpack affects sperm concentration. The researchers conducted the study from 2005 to 2018 and noted a more pronounced association between high phone use and low sperm count during the earlier years of the study, possibly due to changes in mobile technology.
This study adds mobile phones to a list of factors that might impact fertility, including smoking, obesity, alcohol consumption, psychological stress, and certain chemicals found in pesticides and plastic wrappers. The research adds to concerns about radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) emitted by mobile phones affecting human reproductive health, as previous studies have mainly focused on mice or in vitro sperm.
