Cell Phones Affect Male Fertility?

By: Robin Thibault, KARK 4 News

Updated: February 25, 2008

Men who are always on their cell phone may have an increased risk for fertility problems.

Researchers studied over 350 men under age 40 who had unexplained fertility problems.

They found those who talked on their cell phone the most had worst sperm count and quality.

But, researchers did not ask the men for other sources of electromagnetic wave exposure, like laptops.

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