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Article: Laptop computers may be risk to male fertility.(News Ban Young Guns)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- December 9, 2004
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Businessmen and teenage boys could be risking their fertility by using laptop computers, research suggested today. The combination of heat generated by the computers and the posture needed to balance the equipment on the lap leads to raised temperatures around the scrotum, a study found.
Past studies have found that higher scrotal temperatures can damage sperm and affect fertility.
The latest research, published in the journal Human Reproduction, warned that teenagers and young men should consider cutting the time they use their laptop positioned on their ...