Is Wi-Fi Damaging To Sperm?

Hypersensitivity and allergic reactions to electromagnetic waves threatens to be this century's health scare for some, but no study has yet clearly established whether these waves are toxic or not. A group of scientists is trying to show whether they affect fertility.

While the question of sensitivity to electromagnetic waves engendered by wi-fi signals and other antennae has long been a subject for discussion, without ever being resolved, researchers have started to look further than just headaches. The American review, Fertility and Sterility, has published a scientific study which aims to evaluate the effects of wi-fi on spermatozoa and fertility. The research was carried out in vitro by a medical centre specialised in reproduction on the sperm of twenty nine donors in good health. The samples were divided in two. One group was exposed to a computer connected to wi-fi for four hours and the other half was conserved in identical conditions but insulated from these waves.

Researchers observed a significant reduction in the mobility of spermatozoa exposed to wi-fi, as well as increased fragmentation of the DNA. The level of dead spermatozoa was not however significantly higher.

This study shows that waves are not harmless and that they do have some impact. The results of the study should however be treated with caution as they don't allow us to conclude that wi-fi has a negative impact on fertility. Fertility and Sterility concludes by saying that these tests need to be proved by other tests, in vitro and in vivo. In effect, the tests don't tell us if the effects on sperm are the same out of a test tube as in one and they need to be carried out across a much larger control group.






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