Author/Authors :
Mortazavi S. A. R. نويسنده School of Medicine - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Taeb S. نويسنده Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC) - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Mortazavi S. M. J. نويسنده Medical Physics Department - School of Medicine - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Zarei S. نويسنده Speech Pathology Department - School of rehabilitation - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Haghani M. نويسنده Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC) - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Habibzadeh P. نويسنده School of Medicine - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Shojaei-fard M. B. نويسنده Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC) - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Abstract :
As a tendency to use new technologies, gadgets such as laptop computers
are becoming more popular among students, teachers, businessmen and office
workers. Today laptops are a great tool for education and learning, work
and personal multimedia. Millions of men, especially those in the reproductive
age, are frequently using their laptop computers on the lap (thigh). Over the
past several years, our lab has focused on the health effects of exposure to different
sources of electromagnetic fields such as cellular phones, mobile base
stations, mobile phone jammers, laptop computers, radars, dentistry cavitrons
and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Our own studies as well as the studies
performed by other researchers indicate that using laptop computers on the
lap adversely affects the male reproductive health. When it is placed on the
lap, not only the heat from a laptop computer can warm men’s scrotums, the
electromagnetic fields generated by laptop’s internal electronic circuits as well
as the Wi-Fi Radiofrequency radiation hazards (in a Wi-Fi connected laptop)
may decrease sperm quality. Furthermore, due to poor working posture, laptops
should not be used on the lap for long hours.
