sphericalfox Posted 29 November 2011 Posted 29 November 2011 Here's an interesting article about how dangerous it is to view pornography on your laptop. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15943816 Scientists are questioning if using wi-fi on a laptop to roam the internet could harm a man's fertility, after lab work suggested ejaculated sperm were significantly damaged after only four hours of exposure. The benchside tests showed sperm were less able to swim and had changes in the genetic code that they carry. Experts stress this does not mean the same would occur in a real-life setting and say men should not worry unduly. But they are recommending more studies. The preliminary research, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, looked at semen samples from 29 healthy donors. Each donor sample was separated out into two pots. One of these pots was then stored for four hours next to a laptop that was wirelessly connected to the internet. The other was stored under identical conditions, minus the laptop. The scientists, from Argentina and the US, suspect that the effect seen is unrelated to the heat kicked out by a laptop, although heat can damage sperm. The study is very well conducted, but we should be cautious about what it may infer about the fertility of men who regularly use laptops with wi-fi on their laps” UK fertility expert Dr Allan Pacey Under investigation The UK's Health Protection Agency has been closely monitoring the safety of wi-fi. It says people using wi-fi, or those in the proximity of wi-fi equipment, are exposed to the radio signals it emits - and some of the transmitted energy in the signals is absorbed in their bodies. However, the signals are very low power. The HPA says there is no consistent evidence to date that exposure to radio signals from wi-fi adversely affects the health of the general population. UK fertility expert Dr Allan Pacey, senior lecturer in andrology at the University of Sheffield, said: "The study is very well conducted, but we should be cautious about what it may infer about the fertility of men who regularly use laptops with wi-fi on their laps. "Ejaculated sperm are particularly sensitive to many factors because outside the body they don't have the protection of the other cells, tissues and fluids of the body in which they are stored before ejaculation. Therefore, we cannot infer from this study that because a man might use a laptop with wi-fi on his lap for more than four hours then his sperm will necessarily be damaged and he will be less fertile. "We need large epidemiological studies to determine this, and to my knowledge these have not yet been performed." He said men should still be cautious about balancing a laptop on their thighs for hours on end. "We know from other studies that the bottom of laptops can become incredibly hot and inadvertent testicular heating is a risk factor for poor sperm quality. "There is a case report of a man who burnt his penis after using a laptop resting on his lap for a long time. Therefore, there are many reasons to try and use a laptop on a table where possible, and this may in itself ameliorate any theoretical concerns about wi-fi."
I am Rod Hull Posted 29 November 2011 Posted 29 November 2011 Yey free contraception.... As if your face was`nt enough...
sphericalfox Posted 29 November 2011 Author Posted 29 November 2011 With laptops and more powerful smartphones constantly chugging away in our pockets, impotence will be the new ignorance.
coale39 Posted 29 November 2011 Posted 29 November 2011 I can imagine 5 years from now a sex ed teacher telling the class, "Right now, 2 hours before intercourse, you must turn your mobiles wifi ON." Then Apple will release an iBall extension to the iPhone to constantly heat your balls, whilst you watch on screen the mini me's being slowly destroyed.
I am Rod Hull Posted 29 November 2011 Posted 29 November 2011 I can imagine 5 years from now a sex ed teacher telling the class, "Right now, 2 hours before intercourse, you must turn your mobiles wifi ON." Then Apple will release an iBall extension to the iPhone to constantly heat your balls, whilst you watch on screen the mini me's being slowly destroyed. It`s the future... Dragons den, here i come...
coale39 Posted 29 November 2011 Posted 29 November 2011 It`s the future... Dragons den, here i come... Or not...
Langston Posted 29 November 2011 Posted 29 November 2011 I thought this was common knowledge, we always got told to never keep bluetooth on on our phones at school because it can damage your gonads.
somebum Posted 29 November 2011 Posted 29 November 2011 I have always had the theory that the rise in testicular cancers could be attributed to people having mobile phones in their pockets at all times. Just a theory but you never know.
sphericalfox Posted 29 November 2011 Author Posted 29 November 2011 I have always had the theory that the rise in testicular cancers could be attributed to people having mobile phones in their pockets at all times. Just a theory but you never know. Well i might not be the only one, but does anybody else get phantom texts? You know, when you think you've had a text on phone in your pocket but actually your phone is on your desk/table/somewhere else? Can't be good that. And whilst I know my balls are in working order, I'd say that there must be link between the storage of low radiation internet boxes close to the aul ballbag and the rise in pod cancer. That and bad diets, heavy drinking etc.
Rincewind Posted 29 November 2011 Posted 29 November 2011 At my age I don't want to do any breeding. Well that's my excuse.
dave the caveman Posted 29 November 2011 Posted 29 November 2011 The amount of electronic devise around, we must be constantly existing in a sea of radiation in one form or another, surely.
AyewJoking Posted 30 November 2011 Posted 30 November 2011 Probably for the best, the world is over populated anyway
Saxondale Posted 30 November 2011 Posted 30 November 2011 Probably for the best, the world is over populated anyway So parts of the world without Wi-Fi and mobiles are going to proliferate and prevail?!
MPH Posted 30 November 2011 Posted 30 November 2011 So parts of the world without Wi-Fi and mobiles are going to proliferate and prevail?! The Bena Bena tribe of Papua New Guinea are going to take over the world! Once they work out there is actually a world.
Saxondale Posted 30 November 2011 Posted 30 November 2011 The Bena Bena tribe of Papua New Guinea are going to take over the world! Once they work out there is actually a world. Which, ironically, they won't unless they get the internet!
MPH Posted 30 November 2011 Posted 30 November 2011 Which, ironically, they won't unless they get the internet!
Guest Bilo Posted 1 December 2011 Posted 1 December 2011 If you think laptops can damage your spunk, just think about how much spunk can damage your laptop.
sphericalfox Posted 1 December 2011 Author Posted 1 December 2011 I remember reading a story where a fella tried to sue (it could have been Apple) a laptop maker for the serious burns he received whilst using his laptop over a period of months 'on his lap'. Let's just say he didn't win, whoever it amused me to think he sat around in the starkers with an aluminium cased laptop resting on his cocknballs and thought nothing would go wrong, and then put up with it for months on end! Here's an example of idiocy syndrome: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317532/Laptop-heat-toast-skin-thighs.html
Simmo86 Posted 2 December 2011 Posted 2 December 2011 Always stick my laptop on a cushion if I'm having it on my lap. Protecting the swimmers
Saxondale Posted 2 December 2011 Posted 2 December 2011 Always stick my laptop on a cushion if I'm having it on my lap. Protecting the swimmers That'l protect from the heat but not the Wi-Fi! But nothing will, unless we all start wearing lead pants or something. Is this what it's come to?
Rincewind Posted 2 December 2011 Posted 2 December 2011 The radiation is mimiscule. Less I would imagine than used in treatment for cancer.
Music Junkie Posted 2 December 2011 Posted 2 December 2011 I'm reading this thread on a laptop. Oh no.
sphericalfox Posted 2 December 2011 Author Posted 2 December 2011 The radiation is mimiscule. Less I would imagine than used in treatment for cancer. Over a period of years I'm sure there is damage to over-exposure as people use their laptops and phones for everything they do.
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