Tag: cell phones

Study Links Cellphone Use to Lower Sperm Count, but Authors Downplay Findings

Guest Post by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.

A Swiss study found high cellphone use was associated with reduced male fertility measures. But experts criticized the authors for speculating newer phones emit less radiation and for their ties to a group aligned with telecom industry interests.

Men who frequently use their cellphones may suffer from lower sperm counts than those who do not, according to a new Swiss study that adds to the mounting body of evidence showing a link between cellphone use and decreased male fertility.

The study found that men who used their phones more than 20 times a day had significantly lower sperm counts and decreased sperm concentrations — two critical measures of male fertility — than men who used their phones just once a week.

These men had roughly 21% higher risk of sperm counts and 30% higher risk of sperm concentrations falling below the World Health Organization’s reference values for fertile men.

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The Cell Phone Is a Pair of Red High Heels

Guest Post by Edward Curtin

It is comical how easily one can be ignored for pointing out that new technology is dangerous and fetishistic.  So-called “smart” cell phones are a prime example.  For years I have been pointing out their dangers on many levels. To say most people are devoted to them is an understatement.  Maybe it is an exaggeration to say they revere them, but if asked, they will say they couldn’t live without them.  It’s sort of like saying I don’t revere my partner but couldn’t live without her or him.  Ah love!

But what’s love got to do with it?  Love and romance are out of date. Sex is a just a quick fill-in when there’s a break in the technological action.  Creative and erotic energy is pissed away on trivia.  Being lost and confused and having no time is in. But only the latter can be admitted.

Busy busy busy!  Beep beep beep as the eyes go down to the screens.  Thumbs athumbing or voices talking to the gadgets, while the busy beavers forget who is under whose thumbs.

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CELL PHONE ETIQUETTE

Via the Feral Irishman

After a tiring day, a commuter settled down in his seat and closed his eyes.

As the plane climbed  to cruising altitude and the seat belt sign was turned off, a woman sitting next to him pulled out her cellular telephone.

She started talking in a loud voice:

“Hi sweetheart.   It’s Sue.   I’m on the plane.   Yes, I know it’s the six thirty and not the four thirty but I had a long meeting.

No, honey, not with that Kevin from the accounting office.   It was with the boss.   No sweetheart, you’re the only one in my life.   Yes, I’m sure, cross my heart!”

Fifteen minutes later, she was still talking loudly.

When the man sitting next to her had enough, he leaned over and said into the phone:

“Sue, hang up the phone and come back to bed.”

Sue doesn’t use her cellular phone in public any longer.


CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

If you’re ever on the phone in the street in the United States, you might want to think twice about being too candid. It’s being reported that intelligence agencies are eavesdropping on thousands of people’s calls using fake cellphone towers installed on small planes – all without a search warrant.

It’s a strategy designed to pinpoint criminals, so police can then be dispatched to catch them – although there are serious concerns about how much is being listened in to.